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Donate to the HOLIDAY FUND page 32 Spectrum 14 Eating Out 25 Movies 28 Home 41 Puzzles 53 N News City may seek bond for new police facilities Page 3 N Arts Observing elephants up close and personal Page 20 N Sports He’s more than a freshman Page 31 LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Observes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Eating disorders can cause changes in the structure and function of the brain. Get the information you need about what happens to the brain when it’s malnourished, how it impacts cognitive processing and what can be done to help people with eating disorders adopt a healthier thinking style.
The Comprehensive Eating Disorders The Auditorium Program at Lucile Packard Children’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Hospital Invites You to: Reserve your space for this free event. A Panel Discussion and Register online at calendar.lpch.org or call (650) 724-4601. Ask-the-Experts Session Free parking available at 730 Welch Road Tuesday, February 28, 2012 (across from the hospital). 7:00 – 8:30 pm Parking also available at 725 Welch Road for a fee.
The people depicted in this brochure are models and are being used for illustrative purposes only.
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THE MAKING AND RELEASED LAST MONTH REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY DECIDED NOT TO #ITY #OUNCIL TO KICK OFF DISCUSSION THIS WEEK ON BOND SURVEYS JUST ABOUT EVERY COMPONENT ASK ITS VOTERS TO APPROVE A BOND 4HESE OPTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MEASURE TO REPLACE AGED POLICE BUILDING FIRE STATIONS OF THE CITYS INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THIS YEAR THAT WOULD PAY FOR A NEW RE EMERGE 4UESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE by Gennady Sheyner ROADS AND PARKS TO BIG TICKET ITEMS PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND FOR RE #ITY #OUNCIL HOLDS ITS FIRST DISCUS SUCH AS THE -UNICIPAL 3ERVICES #EN PAIRS TO THE TWO FIRE STATIONS !N SION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT F A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WERE TO OCCUPANTS TER AND THE #UBBERLEY #OMMUNITY OTHER ALTERNATIVE THE REPORT STATES 4HE PUBLIC SAFETY DILEMMA IS FAR STRIKE 0ALO !LTO TOMORROW IT 4HOSE WERE SOME OF THE FINDINGS #ENTER "UT THE REPORT STRIKES A PAR IS ISSUING hCERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPA FROM NEW THOUGH ITS TAKING ON A I COULD RENDER THE CITYS POLICE OF THE )NFRASTRUCTURE "LUE 2IBBON TICULARLY URGENT NOTE WHEN IT LOOKS TIONv #/0S DEBT INSTRUMENTS THAT HIGHER PROFILE AT A TIME WHEN THE HEADQUARTERS AT #ITY (ALL FUNCTION #OMMISSION A MEMBER PANEL AT THE CITYS PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES WOULD NOT REQUIRE A VOTE BUT CARRY COUNCIL LISTS BOTH hEMERGENCY PRE ALLY USELESS AND TOPPLE THE CRAMPED THAT HAS BEEN ASSESSING THE CITYS IN BUILDINGS THAT REMAIN ONE OF THE INTEREST RATES TO PERCENT HIGHER PAREDNESSv AND hINFRASTRUCTUREv AS HALF CENTURY OLD FIRE STATIONS AT FRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WAYS TO PAY CITYS MOST GLARING WEAKNESSES AND THAN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS 4HE ITS TOP PRIORITIES 4HE POLICE BUILD -ITCHELL AND 2INCONADA PARKS FOR THESE NEEDS 4HE GROUPS VOLUMI TOP PRIORITIES COUNCIL HAD CONSIDERED ISSUING THESE POSSIBLY INJURING OR KILLING THEIR NOUS REPORT WHICH WAS MONTHS IN 4HE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSIONS CERTIFICATES IN BUT ULTIMATELY (continued on page 9)
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450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER ‘‘ William S. Johnson EDITORIAL SHAPING THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW Jocelyn Dong, Editor Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Keith Peters, Sports Editor Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor It’s more of a guess than we would Private Preschool through 8th Grade Tom Gibboney, Spectrum Editor Sue Dremann, Chris Kenrick, Gennady like. 30 years of academic excellence in a Sheyner, Staff Writers —Dana Tom, Palo Alto school board vice family friendly environment Eric Van Susteren, Editorial Assistant, Internship Coordinator president, regarding recent projections on district Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer enrollment by consulting demographers. Kelsey Kienitz, Photo Intern See story on page 3. Dale F. Bentson, Colin Becht, ‘‘ Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, O PEN Sheila Himmel, Chad Jones, Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Jeanie K. Smith, Susan Tavernetti, Contributors Thursday, February 9th - 9a.m. Angela Johnston, Editorial Intern DESIGN Shannon Corey, Design Director Raul Perez, Assistant Design Director Around Town HOUSE Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, Scott Peterson, HONORING DR. KING ... Palo Alto properly maintain it, would have Paul Llewellyn, Senior Designers will celebrate the life and legacy of serious impacts on the golfing Lili Cao, Designer Martin Luther King Jr., Monday community.” PRODUCTION when it hosts a “Day of Service” www.LACS.com Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Dorothy Hassett, Samantha Mejia, Blanca Yoc, event. A wealth of local nonprofits, THE INVISIBLE BRANCH ... It’s RSVP: [email protected] Sales & Production Coordinators including Youth Community Ser- been a banner year for Palo Alto ÈÓxÊ >}`>i>ÊÛi°]Ê ÃÊÌÃ]Ê Ê{äÓ{ÊUÊÈxä°{n°ÎÇÎn ADVERTISING vice, Canopy and Break Through libraries, with the refurbished Tom Zahiralis, Vice President Sales & Advertising the Static, are teaming up with Downtown Library opening its Judie Block, Adam Carter, Janice Hoogner, the city for the event, which will doors and the new Mitchell Park Brent Triantos, Display Advertising Sales Neal Fine, Carolyn Oliver, Rosemary feature activity tables, live music Library edging toward completion Lewkowitz, Real Estate Advertising Sales and open mic. “It’s a fun event this summer. But while these two David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, but also an important chance for branches have attracted most Inside Advertising Sales people to do something to help community attention, the city is Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. Diane Martin, Real Estate Advertising Asst. others,” City Manager James also working on another project Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. Keene said. The event will go from that the Library Advisory Commis- Wendy Suzuki, Advertising Sales Intern 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lytton Plaza. sion termed the “virtual library.” EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES Caltrain will also take part in Mar- The commission discussed the Rachel Palmer, Online Operations Coordinator tin Luther King Jr. Day festivities project Monday in a joint meeting Rachel Hatch, Multimedia Product Manager by sending its annual “Freedom with the City Council. The idea, BUSINESS Train” from San Jose to San Fran- said library commission Vice Chair Susie Ochoa, Payroll & Benefits Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, Claire cisco. The train, which is char- Tolulope Akinola, is to “create a McGibeny, Cathy Stringari, Business Associates tered by the Dr. Martin Luther King branch online where people can ADMINISTRATION Jr. Association of Santa Clara, is not only transact with the library Janice Covolo, Doris Taylor, Receptionists scheduled to stop at Palo Alto’s in terms of having material on Ruben Espinoza, Courier downtown station at 9:59 a.m. to hold and checking things out and ) EMBARCADERO MEDIA pick up passengers and arrive in knowing whether you have to pay William S. Johnson, President San Francisco at about 10:55 a.m. a fine or not, but also as a place *+ Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO Tom Zahiralis, Vice President Sales & Advertising Tickets to the train are available at where we can engage with library Frank A. Bravo, Director, Information Technology www.svcmlr.org. staff, engage with each other and ! ! & Webmaster really find an opportunity for the Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales Manager OFF-PUTTING ... A regional effort community online as well that the Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation & Mailing Services to boost flood protection around library can facilitate.” The commis- Alicia Santillan, Circulation Assistant San Francisquito Creek could sion, he said, has been working Chris Planessi, Chip Poedjosoedarmo, bring major changes to the Palo on this project for several months Computer System Associates Alto Municipal Golf Course — and is looking to prepare a staff- and not everyone is happy about ing plan and a funding plan for The Palo Alto Weekly (ISSN 0199-1159) is published every Friday by Embarcadero Media, it. The proposal by the San Fran- the virtual branch in the coming ) 450 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, (650) cisquito Creek Joint Powers Au- months with the goals to “really 326-8210. Periodicals postage paid at Palo Alto, thority (the agency charged with make this come alive this year.” CA and additional mailing offices. Adjudicated a newspaper of general circulation for Santa Clara calming the flood-prone creek) County. The Palo Alto Weekly is delivered free to proposes a new levee that would ENERGIZED ... Sen. Joe Simitian, homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola run through the golf course. While who this year authored a bill that Valley, East Palo Alto, to faculty and staff house- Palo Alto officials view the flood- raises California’s renewable- holds on the Stanford campus and to portions of Los Altos Hills. If you are not currently receiving control plan as an opportunity to energy requirements for utilities, the paper, you may request free delivery by calling rethink the golf course’s design was recognized for his effort this 326-8210. POSTMASTER: Send address changes and consider possible uses for the week by the nonprofit Power As- to Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302. Copyright ©2011 by Embarcadero Media. land, the Palo Alto Women’s Golf sociation of Northern California All rights reserved. Reproduction without permis- Club is less sanguine about the (PANC), which named the former sion is strictly prohibited. The Palo Alto Weekly is proposed changes. In a letter to Palo Alto mayor its “Person of the available on the Internet via Palo Alto Online at: www.PaloAltoOnline.com the council, club members wrote Year.” Simitian’s legislation, Senate Our email addresses are: [email protected], that while they support changes Bill 2X, requires utility companies [email protected], [email protected]. to the course to tame the creek, to obtain 33 percent of the elec- Missed delivery or start/stop your paper? they oppose the reduction of the tricity from renewable sources by Call 650 326-8210, or email circulation@paweekly. course from 18 holes to nine, 2020. Jan Petter, a board mem- com. You may also subscribe online at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Subscriptions are $60/yr. which is one of the ideas on the ber of PANC and electric division table. 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NEW ROAD NORTHWEST OF 0AGE PUS THE FORMER SITE OF &ACEBOOK ING #ALIFORNIA !VENUE BECOME A -ILL 2OAD THAT COULD DIVERT ! -AY CITY MANAGERS RE CONSTRUCTION ROAD FOR ACRES OF A TRAFFIC FROM THE #OLLEGE 4ER PORT RECOMMENDED EXPLORING A SPINE CONCRETE AND DIRT COMING OUT AND RACE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE LOOKED ROAD FROM %L #AMINO TO (ANOVER ACRES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AT BY 0ALO !LTO STAFF CITY PLANNING 3TREET AND NOTED h3TANFORD IS SUPPORT COMING IN v NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIA DIRECTOR #URTIS 7ILLIAMS HAS CON IVE OF ANY FUTURE INITIATIVE BY THE CITY TION 0RESIDENT "RENT "ARKER SAID FIRMED TO STUDY THIS POTENTIAL CIRCULATION OP !T THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS 4HE IDEA FOR A hSPINE ROADv TO TAKE TIONv 4HE REPORT ALSO NOTED THE NEED ANNUAL MEETING LAST -ARCH RESIDENTS TRAFFIC FROM %L #AMINO 2EAL THROUGH TO CONSIDER OPTIONS TO REMOVE TRAFFIC ASKED THEN -AYOR 3ID %SPINOSA TO INI THE CENTER OF THE NORTH END OF 3TAN AWAY FROM #ALIFORNIA !VENUE TIATE A STUDY REGARDING THE SPINE ROAD FORD 2ESEARCH 0ARK TWO BLOCKS !N INITIAL TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWED )N .OVEMBER THE CITY CONFIRMED STAFF BETWEEN #ALIFORNIA !VENUE AND 0AGE THAT HOUSING WOULD GENERATE hSIG WOULD LOOK INTO THE ISSUE -ILL 2OAD COULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE NIFICANTLY LESS TRAFFICv THAN THE 7ILLIAMS THE CITY PLANNING DIREC WHEN TWO HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS GET COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IT WOULD RE TOR SAID THIS WEEK THAT THE CITY hIS UNDERWAY IN PLACE "UT AT THE SAME TIME A NEW NOT PREPARING A @STUDY AS SUCH FOR )TS NOT A NEW IDEA $ISCUSSIONS OF WORKSPACE MODEL ADOPTED BY &A THE SPINE ROAD v BUT WILL BE MEET THE ROAD EMERGED NEARLY A DECADE CEBOOK TRIPLED THE NUMBER OF EM ING WITH THE #OLLEGE 4ERRACE GROUP AGO 4HE ROAD WAS PROPOSED BY PLOYEES WORKING IN THE SAME SPACE ABOUT THE SPINE ROAD CONCEPT AND THE #OLLEGE 4ERRACE 2ESIDENTS !S 4HE MODEL HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER HOW TO DEVELOP A SKETCH OR PLAN SOCIATION AS A WAY TO MITIGATE TRAF IN TERMS OF HOW FUTURE BUSINESSES LINE THAT WILL HELP PLANNERS TO RE FIC IMPACTS THAT HAVE BEEN GROWING COMING INTO THE RESEARCH PARK COULD VIEW FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS STEADILY ON #ALIFORNIA !VENUE AND IMPACT TRAFFIC IN THE SURROUNDING h4HIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL STREETS AREA RESIDENTS HAVE SAID NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH )N THE CITY AND 3TANFORD 5NI 7ITH DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR VOLUNTARILY VERSITY FORMED THE -AYFIELD $EVEL THE SITES EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN BY RESEARCH PARK TENANTS 7E EXPECT OPMENT !GREEMENT WHICH ALLOWED #OLLEGE 4ERRACE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS THAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING UNITS TO BE BUILT AT TWO HAVE LET UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS KNOW PLANS FOR RESIDENTIAL ON THE Corey Shannon SITES ADJACENT TO #OLLEGE 4ERRACE IN THEY WANT THE SPINE ROAD TO BE PART #ALIFORNIA !VE SITE WILL BE A GOOD EXCHANGE FOR A YEAR LEASE OF LAND OF THE UNIVERSITYS CONSTRUCTION PLAN OPPORTUNITY TO INITIATE THE CONCEPT USE AS PART OF THE SPINE ROAD #OLLEGE WITH THE CITY AND THE NEIGHBORS AS AT 0AGE -ILL 2OAD AND %L #AMINO 2ESIDENTS MET WITH CITY PLANNING AND WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT OR 4ERRACE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS NOTED WE MOVE FORWARD v HE SAID 2EAL FOR ANNUALLY !THLETIC PLAY STAFF AND 3TANFORD REAL ESTATE PERSON OTHER DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES AS 3TEVE %LLIOTT 3TANFORDS MANAG "ARKER SAID THAT GIVEN THE TREND ING FIELDS HAVE BEEN BUILT THERE NEL IN *UNE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE THEY ARISE v HE SAID ING DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SAID THE TOWARD INTENSIFYING HIGH TECH WORK /NE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WOULD %VEN BEFORE THE RESIDENCES ARE ! SPINE ROAD COULD DEPEND ON UNIVERSITY HAS NOT YET BEEN IN CON SPACES THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OCCUPY ACRES AT AND BUILT 3TANFORD WILL HAVE TO DEVISE A RESEARCH PARK LEASEHOLDERS AGREEING TACT WITH THE CITY REGARDING DETAILS OF EMPLOYEES A SPINE ROAD MAKES %L #AMINO BETWEEN #ALIFORNIA WAY TO MOVE OUT DEMOLISHED BUILD TO MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR BUILDINGS OF A POTENTIAL ROAD SENSE THAT COULD SERVE AS BOTH AN IN AND 0AGE -ILL ! LARGER DEVELOPMENT INGS AND MOVE IN CONSTRUCTION MATE "UT THE CITY AND 3TANFORD DID GIVE THE h2EGARDING THE -AYFIELD PROJECTS NER CONDUIT FOR EMPLOYEES AND AS A WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON ACRES ON RIALS -OST BUILDINGS IN THE RESEARCH IDEA A NOD BY REQUIRING TWO DRIVEWAY IT IS TOO EARLY IN THE PROCESS TO KNOW SERVICE ROAD N THE TO BLOCKS OF UPPER #AL PARK ARE ALIGNED TO ALLOW A ROAD CURB CUTS WHEN A NEW BUILDING WAS OR PROJECT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHED 3TAFF 7RITER 3UE $REMANN CAN IFORNIA !VENUE ADJACENT TO THE 0ETER RESIDENTS SAID PLANNED AT (ANOVER 4HE SOUTH ULE 7E ARE STILL IN THE PRELIMINARY BE EMAILED AT SDREMANN PAWEEK #OUTTS HOUSING ON THE 3TANFORD CAM h7E ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAV DRIVEWAY WAS DESIGNED FOR POTENTIAL PLANNING STAGES AND WILL BE WORKING LYCOM
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Simitian seeks to postpone high-speed-rail funding !MID CALLS TO END BILLION PROJECT LEGISLATOR FAVORS TAKING A YEAR TO RETHINK IT by Gennady Sheyner HREE YEARS AFTER #ALIFORNIA AUTHORITY TO SLOW DOWN AND GIVE THE AT THIS JUNCTURE v INCLUDING LOSS OF GET WHILE OUR EXISTING RAIL AND ROAD TO SUPPORT /N THE OTHER HAND ABSENT VOTERS APPROVED A BIL PROJECT SOME MORE THOUGHT FEDERAL FUNDING POTENTIAL ELIMINA WAY INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN DIRE NEED OF THAT WERE TOLD THAT YOUD BE PUTTING T LION BOND TO BUILD THE NATIONS 4HE RAIL AUTHORITY HAS MAINTAINED TION OF STATE FUNDS AND THE IMPACT OF REPAIR v (ARKEY SAID IN A STATEMENT AN END TO THE DEBATE ABOUT HIGH SPEED FIRST HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM A DE IT NEEDS STATE FUNDS TO MATCH THE LOSING MILLION TO CONNECT RE h#ALIFORNIA DOES NOT NEED A SHINY NEW RAIL AND THATS THE END OF THAT BATE OVER ITS FUNDING HAS TURNED INTO BILLION IT HAS RECEIVED FOR THE PROJECT GIONAL RAIL SYSTEMS WITH HIGH SPEED HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED TOY WITH NO CON h) THINK THATS A BAD SET OF CHOICESv A LEGISLATIVE GAME OF CHICKEN WITH IN FEDERAL GRANTS AND HAS ARGUED THAT RAIL FUNDS THAT VOTERS APPROVED AS FIRMED RIDERSHIP WHEN WE HAVE REAL 3IMITIAN SAID HE IS WORKING WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE LINE THE ,EGISLATURES FAILURE TO RELEASE PART OF THE BILLION BOND SHOVEL READY INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS IN EV HIS STAFF AND WITH STATE ANALYSTS AND 4HE #ALIFORNIA (IGH 3PEED 2AIL THE BOND FUNDS IMMEDIATELY WOULD h4HESE RISKS ARE PRESENT AND REAL ERY COMMUNITY AWAITING FUNDINGv ATTORNEYS TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY !UTHORITY WHICH IS CHARGED WITH JEOPARDIZE THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION AND REPRESENT LOST OPPORTUNITY OF 3IMITIAN WHO CHAIRS A BUDGET THE STATE WOULD GET FOR THE BIL BUILDING THE NEW SYSTEM HAS ASKED 7HEN A PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE REC ENORMOUS COST AND LASTING CONSE COMMITTEE THAT FOCUSES ON THE RAIL LION TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE PROJECT THE STATE ,EGISLATURE TO RELEASE OMMENDED EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT QUENCE v 5MBERG WROTE PROJECT SAID HE PREFERS A THIRD OP AS DESCRIBED IN THE BUSINESS PLAN BILLION TO PAY FOR THE FIRST STRETCH OF LEGISLATORS WITHHOLD STATE FUNDS UNTIL "UT !SSEMBLYWOMAN $IANE (AR TION TAKING A YEAR TO RETHINK THE COMPLIES WITH 0ROPOSITION ! AND THE RAIL LINE A MILE SEGMENT THE RAIL AUTHORITY ADDRESSES WHAT THE KEY 2 $ANA 0OINT DOESNT BELIEVE PROJECT AND ADDRESS THE MYRIAD IS TO DETERMINE HOW FLEXIBLE THE FED IN THE #ENTRAL 6ALLEY COMMITTEE CONSIDERED FLAWS IN ITS 5MBERG 4HIS WEEK SHE INTRODUCED SUES BROUGHT UP IN RECENT CRITICAL AU ERAL GRANT DEADLINES ARE 5NTIL THESE "UT 2EPUBLICANS IN THE STATE ,EG BUSINESS PLAN THE AUTHORITY ISSUED A A BILL TO HALT STATE FUNDING FOR HIGH DITS 4HESE INCLUDE UNCERTAINTY OVER QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED 3IMITIAN ISLATURE INTRODUCED A BILL THIS WEEK TO PAGE RESPONSE TO LEGISLATORS BLAST SPEED RAIL (ARKEY POINTED TO RECENT FUTURE FUNDING PLANNING FOR THE NEXT SAID HES NOT READY TO SUPPORT THE HALT STATE FUNDING FOR THE CONTROVER ING THE GROUPS CONCLUSION CRITICAL AUDITS OF HIGH SPEED RAIL FROM CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND WHETHER THE RAIL AUTHORITYS REQUEST SIAL PROJECT WHICH HAS SEEN ITS ESTI h!NY DELAY IN PROCEEDING WITH THE THE ,EGISLATIVE !NALYSTS /FFICE AND RAIL AUTHORITY IS COMPLYING WITH h3OMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO SLOW MATED PRICE TAG SWELL FROM LESS THAN )NITIAL #ONSTRUCTION 3EGMENT THE THE RAIL AUTHORITYS PEER REVIEW GROUP 0ROPOSITION ! WHICH REQUIRES THAT TO GO FAST v 3IMITIAN SAID h4O DATE BILLION IN TO BILLION #ENTRAL 6ALLEY SECTION AT THIS TIME AS EVIDENCE THAT THE PROJECT IS HEAD THE FIRST SEGMENT CONSTRUCTED BE A ) HAVE NOT MADE A BELIEVER OF THE IN THE LATEST BUSINESS PLAN !ND WHILE WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF THE EXISTING ING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND SHOULD hUSABLE SEGMENTv (IGH 3PEED 2AIL !UTHORITY ON THAT $EMOCRATS HAVE BEEN LESS FIXED IN BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR A BE STOPPED 3HE ALSO CITED A RECENT h)M CONVINCED THAT AT THIS POINT PRINCIPLE 4HEY LURCH FROM AD HOC THEIR STANCE THEY TOO HAVE EXPRESSED #ALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM v &IELD 0OLL SURVEY THAT SHOWED MORE WERE EFFECTIVELY PRESENTED WITH TWO DECISION TO AD HOC DECISION HESITATION ABOUT RELEASING BILLIONS 4HOMAS 5MBERG CHAIR OF THE RAIL THAN HALF OF STATE VOTERS SUPPORTING CHOICES NEITHER ONE OF WHICH IS h4HATS NO WAY TO MAKE A BIL OF DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDS 3TATE 3EN AUTHORITYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WROTE A FRESH VOTE ON THE 3AN &RANCISCO TO PARTICULARLY APPEALING FROM MY PER LION DECISION LET ALONE A BIL *OE 3IMITIAN $ 0ALO !LTO TOLD THE IN THE LETTER ,OS !NGELES RAIL LINE SPECTIVE v 3IMITIAN TOLD THE 7EEKLY LION DECISIONv N 7EEKLY THIS WEEK THAT HE IS NOT READY 4HE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE 5M h4HIS ONE PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL h/N THE ONE HAND WE HAVE A PROPOSAL 3TAFF 7RITER 'ENNADY 3HEYNER TO SUPPORT RELEASING BOND FUNDS FOR BERG WROTE hFAILS TO ASSESS THE RISKS TO DOUBLE OUR STATES DEBT AND BECOME TO SPEND BILLION ON A PROJECT IN CAN BE EMAILED AT GSHEYNER THE PROJECT AND IS CALLING FOR THE RAIL OF NOT PROCEEDING WITH THE PROGRAM A HUGE FUTURE DRAIN ON OUR STATES BUD #ENTRAL 6ALLEY THAT )M NOT YET READY PAWEEKLYCOM
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Enrollment South cluster (continued from page 3) +7.5% North cluster Public Agenda -4.4% A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week TALK ABOUT IT University Ave. Middlefield Rd. www.PaloAltoOnline.com EmbarcaderoLouis Rd. Rd. How do you think the Palo Alto Unified CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Archi- Alma St. School District should accommodate a tectural Review Board and discuss the report on fixing up the city’s infra- Colorado Ave. growing student population? Share your Sand Hill Road structure from the Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Commission. The interviews ideas on Town Square, the community online forum on Palo Alto Online. will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Council Conference Room Palo Alto elementary at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). The rest of the meeting will follow in the El Camino Real Council Chambers. AND MAINTAIN MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY school enrollment (E REFERRED TO A PERIOD OF DECLINING changes estimated Charleston Rd. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board is scheduled to vote on schematic ENROLLMENT IN THE S WHEN FORMER over next five years designs and a project budget for a new Performing Arts Center at Palo BOARDS VOTED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND SELL Junipe Page Mill Rd. r Alto High School. The board also will hear an update on high school guid- THE PROPERTIES TO HOUSING DEVELOPERS o Serra ance models, mid-year progress on the district’s “focus goals” for 2011-12 h) THINK PEOPLE WOULD LIKE US TO and the governor’s proposed budget. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. MAKE LOTS OF HARD DECISIONS ABOUT West cluster San Antonio Rd. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the board room of school district headquarters (25 THINGS v HE SAID +14.7% Churchill Ave.). h4HATS WHAT FOLKS DID YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF @THIS TREND IS GO Arastradero Rd. SCHOOL/CITY LIAISON COMMITTEE ... The committee will discuss Proj- ING TO GO DOWN AND THEY WERE Scott Peterson by Map ect Safety Net, Cubberley Community Center, budget issues and recent WRONG 7E COULD MAKE THE SAME AS CAREFULLY AND KEEP THE MOST NUMBER AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO activities of the Board of Education and City Council. The meeting will be- SUMPTION THAT THE TREND WILL GO UP OF OPTIONS WE CANv PROCEED N gin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Council Conference Room at City AND WE COULD BE WRONG 3KELLY SAID HE WILL RETURN TO THE 3TAFF 7RITER #HRIS +ENRICK CAN BE Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). h4O ME WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PLAN BOARD IN &EBRUARY WITH OPTIONS EMAILED AT CKENRICK PAWEEKLYCOM
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to review 3431 Hillview Ave., a proposal by VMware for a three-story parking garage; and THE MOVEMENT BUT HE WAS NOT MY ) HAVE AT THAT TIME THAT ) DISAPPEAR 3251 Hanover St., a request by DGA Architects on behalf of Stanford and King HERO v &ITCH SAID BY PHONE -ONDAY )M AUTOMATICALLY PHOTOGRAPHING (continued from page 5) Lockheed Martin for a two-story building within an existing office park. The )T WAS THE BRAVERY OF THE COMMON AND ) KIND OF BECOME AT ONE WITH THE meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Council Cham- PEOPLE SUCH AS THE +IRKSEYS THREE ORGANIC EARTH !LL OF THOSE PHOTOS bers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). THEY COULD NOT SEND BLACK REPORT BLACK FARMERS IN 5TAH !LA THAT HAVE BEEN STUNNING v HE SAID ERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS INTO THE FIELD WAS HEROIC HE SAID (OPE WAS PERHAPS THE FEELING &ITCH RAIL CORRIDOR STUDY TASK FORCE ... The task force plans to contin- BECAUSE THEY WERE BEATEN OR KILLED !T GREAT RISK THE THREE FARMERS CAPTURED MOST IN THE 4RESIDDER IM ue its discussion of the city’s vision for the Caltrain corridor. The meeting &ITCH COVERED MAJOR EVENTS EACH BAILED &ITCH OUT OF JAIL %ACH DAY AGES ! WOMAN GUIDING AN ILLITERATE will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Downtown Library (270 WEEK AND THE IMAGES AND STORIES &ITCH LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE HERI MANS HAND AS HE LEARNED TO WRITE IN Forest Ave.). WERE SENT TO A NETWORK OF BLACK RUN TAGE OF HOPE JUSTICE AND LIBERTY OF PREPARATION FOR HIS VOTER REGISTRATION NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES HE SAID BLACK FAMILIES THAT HAD BEEN ONGO A PORTRAIT OF A SHARECROPPER COUPLE IN LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines (E DISCOVERED HIS LIFETIME HEROES ING FOR YEARS HE SAID THEIR CRAMPED HOME ON A WHITE SHER and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT h) LEARNED NONVIOLENCE NOT FROM IFFS LAND FOR WHOM PROTEST MEANT HE SAID TEXTS ) LEARNED NONVIOLENCE FROM RISKING EVERYTHING h$R +ING WAS AN ENUNCIATOR FOR !FRO !MERICAN MEN AND WOMEN &ITCH WAS ASKED BY +INGS FAM WHO WERE ENRAGED AND FOR WHOM A ILY TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SLAIN LEADERS STANCE OF NONVIOLENCE WAS AN EFFORT FUNERAL AND HIS IMAGE OF THE TEAR 4O TAKE A STANCE OF NONVIOLENCE IN STAINED FACES OF +INGS PARENTS THE FACE OF THAT CRUSHING OPPRESSION BRINGS HIS CHRONICLE OF THE MOVE WAS A COURAGEOUS ACT v HE SAID MENT TO A CLOSE "UT HE CONTINUED %L &ONDREN THE YEAR OLD MAN TO RECORD SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS IN HIS VOTER REGISTRATION PHOTO IS ONE INCLUDING THE 5NITED &ARMWORKERS SUCH EXAMPLE HE SAID 5NION !&, #)/ THE $OROTHY $AY h(E WAS BORN INTO SLAVERY (E AND THE #ATHOLIC 7ORKER -OVEMENT SURVIVED ENORMOUS OPPRESSION THAT AND THE 6IETNAM 7AR PROTESTS IS INCONCEIVABLE TO MOST OF US v (IS PHOTOGRAPH OF #ESAR #HAVEZ &ITCH SAID WAS ISSUED AS A 53 POSTAGE STAMP 4HE IMAGE OF &ONDREN BEING IN ALBEIT WITHOUT THE ORIGI LIFTED ONTO SHOULDERS WITH HIS HAND NAL RED 5&7 FLAG WAVING IN TRIUMPH WITH OTHERS SIL (E IS STILL ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY HOUETTED IN THE FOREGROUND IS STILL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS IN 7ATSON PROMINENT IN HIS HOME AND HAS SPE VILLE WHERE HE LIVES AND MANAGES CIAL SIGNIFICANCE HE SAID )T WAS ONE HIS PHOTO ARCHIVES &ITCH PLANS TO OF SEVERAL TIMES IN HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC DONATE HIS COLLECTION TO THE 3TANFORD CAREER WHEN HE SAID HE EXPERIENCED 5NIVERSITY ,IBRARY #ARSON SAID N A MYSTIC VISION 3TAFF 7RITER 3UE $REMANN CAN h4HE IMAGE IN THE CAMERA FRAME SO BE EMAILED AT SDREMANN PAWEEK PERFECTLY ENUNCIATED ALL THE FEELINGS LYCOM
CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week
City Council (Jan. 9) Libraries: The council held a joint session with the Library Advisory Commission. Action: None 935 Ramona St.: The council voted to remove the house at 935 Ramona St. from the city’s Historic Inventory. Yes: Unanimous Board of Education (Jan. 10) Demographic projections: The board held a special meeting to discuss a new report on enrollment projections. Action: None Planning and Transportation Commission (Jan. 11) Los Trancos: The commission approved construction of a two-story home at 830 Los Trancos Road. Yes: Unanimous
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DEFICIENCIES UNCOVERED BY Join the community discussion )T TOOK A CITY ANALYSIS TWO CONSULTANT STUDIES AND TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THE "ERKELEY BASED FIRM 5RBAN 2E BUT THE COUNCIL ON -ONDAY RULED THAT THE (ISTORIC 2ESOURCES "OARD RELIED SILIENCE 0OLICY INCLUDE hINADEQUATE on the proposed landscape renovations to ON THE WRONG STANDARDS WHEN IT CONCLUDED THAT THE HOUSE DESPITE MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY LACK Cogswell Plaza RENOVATIONS MAINTAINS ITS HISTORICAL hINTEGRITYv #ITY STAFF HAD DISAGREED OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND NOTING THAT THE HOUSE HAD BEEN REMODELED SO SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THAT EQUIPMENT FOR A FULLY FUNCTIONAL CEN Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 6:30 PM IT NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS HISTORIC TER AND A LACK OF RESILIENT BASELINE 4HE LIST OF MODIFICATIONS INCLUDES A hSUBSTANTIAL REDESIGN OF THE ROOF v UTILITIES IN THE ROOM ITSELFv 4HE RE At the Avenidas Senior Center hALTERATION OF THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE FACADEv AND REPLACEMENT OF ALMOST PORT RECOMMENDS MOVING THE CITYS in the 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FOR PEOPLE IN THE 3TANFORD AREA v East Palo Alto takes no action on Facebook LONGTIME EMPLOYEE .ANCY 7IRTH !LTHOUGH THE %AST 0ALO !LTO #ITY #OUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION ON TOLD THE 0ALO !LTO 7EEKLY IN -AY 4HURSDAY *AN TO DISCUSS WHETHER TO SUE OVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL IM THE YEAR +EPLERS TURNED PACT REPORT FOR &ACEBOOKS PLANNED CAMPUS EXPANSION IN -ENLO 0ARK "Y THE S THE YOUNGER +EPLER THE MEETING ADJOURNED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN (Posted Jan. 10 at 3:25 p.m.) WAS STEERING THE STORE INTO THE TECH CALL AJ TUTORING TODAY! 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Page 10ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Dr. Alan Lee Baldwin Dr. Alan Lee Baldwin of Palo Alto, CA died at age 86 on Dec. 24, 2011. A Stanford Law graduate, Alan taught for 43 years in the Redwood City School District. He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Marcia, four children, nine grandchildren, and one Transitions great-grandson. Memorial celebration pending.
PAID OBITUARY Former school board president David K. Dawson Joan Johnston dies Oct. 10, 1929 – Dec. 23, 2011 oan Buckley Johnston, for- In 1963 they built a home on Alto Woman’s Club, where she David K. Dawson, Bay Area resident for 60 years, died mer president of the Palo Alto the Stanford campus and later had was a member of the “knit-stitch of congestive heart failure at home in Palo Alto, with his J school board and a founder three more children. Four of the group” and served as finance chair family at his side. He was 82. He is survived by daughters of the precur- five graduated from Gunn High from 2009 to 2011. Kathleen Dawson of Palo Alto and Jennifer Bauer of Oakley, sor to Palo School, and the fifth opted to fin- Johnston held a variety of jobs, Alto Partners ish high school at Palo Alto High including development director sister Lois Hughes of Portland Oregon, three grandchildren in Education School. and director of alumni relations and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his (PiE), died In the 1980s, Johnston was a at Stanford Law School. In retire- parents Anne and Presley Dawson, son Michael Dawson, Christmas Eve founding member of the fundrais- ment, she was on the advisory grandchild Kyle Dawson and former wives Corrine and after a 10-year ing group Palo Alto Foundation board of the Foundation for a Col- Joyce. David was born in Illinois and grew up in Southern battle with co- for Education (PAFE), which lat- lege Education and on the board lon cancer. She er became part of the current Palo of the California Consortium of California. He attended Herbert Hoover HS in Glendale, was 76. Alto Partners in Education (PiE). Education Foundations. Long Beach City College, and completed his BA in Johnston won a write-in cam- PiE last year raised $3.4 million Johnston is survived by her Journalism at UC Berkeley. He later attended Art Center paign for school board in 1977, for Palo Alto public schools. husband, Jim; five children, Su- School in Los Angeles to further study photography. He and won a second four-year term Over the years, Johnston was san Coote of Wayne, Penn., Pa- in 1982. She served two terms as active in a variety of community tricia Moore of Athens, Ga., John worked as a photographer at Moulin Studios in SF, at Philco board president. groups, including Parents Nursery Johnston of Redwood City, Anne in PA, and as editor, reporter and photographer for the Los A native of Boston, Mass., John- School and the League of Women Schultz of Los Altos and Thomas Altos Town Crier from 1963 until 1973. David retired in ston earned a degree in chemis- Voters. Johnston of Sunnyvale; 13 grand- 2000 from Pacific Bell as an operator and member of the try from Simmons College. She “The League and the coop nurs- children; a sister, Gail Carter of CWA union. He enjoyed history, science fiction, The New moved to Palo Alto in 1961 so her ery played a crucial role in my life Rochester, N.H.; and a brother, husband, Jim, could take a posi- and friends made in the League William of Eliot, Maine. Yorker, Tchaikovsky, Pink Floyd, gardening, baking bread, tion as an assistant professor in and Parents Nursery School are Memorial contributions may be road trips, and rock fishing. Stanford University’s Mechanical still friends today,” she later wrote made to the Foundation for a Col- The family had a private memorial, and asks that Engineering Department. They in an autobiographical descrip- lege Education (www.collegefoun- any memorial donations be made to the heart research had two young daughters at the tion. dation.org) of East Palo Alto. N organization of your choice. time. She was also active with the Palo — Chris Kenrick PAID OBITUARY
Denise Darcel Newson Stella Ayers Denise Darcel Newson, 59, a July 14, 1923-Jan. 5, 2012 Anna Marion Breckenridge longtime former resident of East Palo Alto, died Jan. 2 in Santa Cruz, While visiting family and friends in California, Stella passed away in her sleep. August 19, 1923 – January 7, 2012 She lived in the Bay Area for over 40 years before retiring to Surprise, AZ. She Calif., after a brief battle with can- loved to play cards, especially poker. Most people will remember her from the cer. She had lived in Santa Cruz for kitchen at Palo Alto High School. Stella was very excited to be in the audience Anna Marion Breckenridge passed away on the past seven years. during the taping of Wheel of Fortune. The Shows wil be shown Jan 23, 34 and 25. Saturday, January 7, 2012. She was 88 years old. She She was born Nov. 15, 1953, in Memorial service will be announced sometime in May. In lieu of flowers, please San Mateo, Calif., and graduated make a donation to your local SPCA or a charity of your choice in Stella’s honor. was born in Manteca in 1923 and as a young child from Palo Alto High School in PAID OBITUARY she and her family moved to Palo Alto where her 1972. She briefly perused modeling in Los Angeles after high school father, Chris Christiansen, established ownership but quickly became homesick and of the Peninsula Creamery. Mrs. Breckenridge was returned to East Palo Alto. Margaret Koehler Clement a longtime resident of Palo Alto and the central She is survived by her brothers, valley. She graduated from Palo Alto High School David, Keysland, Gil and Kurt Margaret Koehler Clement, known to her and attended San Jose State University. Upon her Newson; sisters, Naomi Newson, friends as Maggie State, passed away July 26, Barbara Louie and Rene Cunning- 2011. retirement, Mrs. Breckenridge and her husband of ham; and numerous nieces, neph- 18 years, Keith, made their home in Modesto where ews and other friends and family. A She had been a Palo Alto resident since funeral service will be held Friday, 1952 and was an original Eichler owner. she supported select animal welfare organizations, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. at Crippen & Fly- She was a talented, singer, artist, gourmet local and national and select veterans groups and nn Chapels, 400 Woodside Road, chef, and all around funny person. As our volunteered at Memorial Hospital. Redwood City. friends have said, “This is the end of an era.” Marion was preceded in death by her husband Everything in life for Maggie was a reason to Keith Breckenridge, parents Chris and Margaret Memorial have a party or celebrate. She was sunshine in our lives. Christiansen and Brothers Harry and Robert Services She leaves behind her two daughters, Diane Bass and Adrienne Christiansen. She is survived by her daughter Lee/ADDIE; and son, Rex Clement. Also her significant other A memorial service for Ruth Roberta Heryford of Modesto, step daughters Carol Spangenberg will be held at 2 of 41 years, David Butzin. Thank you all for attending her Life (Shelly) Feinberg and Beth (Richard) Heideman. p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Celebration Party. Mrs. Breckenridge was loved by her family, friends First United Methodist Church PAID OBITUARY of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton and neighbors, all of whom share fond memories of Ave., Palo Alto. The family her. requests memorial contribu- Arrangements have been entrusted to Franklin tions be made to the Commit- Visit tee for Green Foothills (www. and Downs Funeral Homes. The graveside service greenfoothills.org), California will be at Alta Mesa Cemetery, 695 Arastradero Road Pops Orchestra (www.calpops. Lasting Memories in Palo Alto on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:00 PM. org) or the Jacqueline Kennedy An online directory of obituaries and remembrances. Endowed Scholarship at John Contributions may be made to Humane Society of F. Kennedy University (www. Search obituaries, submit a memorial, share a photo. U. S. or local animal shelter, in lieu of flowers. jfku.edu). Go to: www.PaloAltoOnline.com/obituaries PAID OBITUARY
*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 11 Palo Alto Historical Association Simone Lisette Favre-Weigert presents a public program Simone Lisette Favre-Weigert passed away on December 6, 2011. Simone was born in Moudon, Canton de Vaud, Switzerland. Simone married her late husband, Frederick H. Weigert, Ph.D., Sea Scout 100: and they built their life in Manila, Philippines where their two Celebrating the children were born, and raised. Simone was an accomplished Centennial artist, clothing designer, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and social worker. Simone was a lover of nature, and people, always ÕÃiÕÊ+Õ>ÌÞÊ,i«>Àà Speaker: inquisitive about the world around her, and actively involved in UÊ*ÀVi>ÊUÊ*ÌÌiÀÞÊUÊ >ÀLiÊ volunteer work the majority of her life. We are forever grateful Josh Gilliland UÊ>`iÊUÊÛÀÞÊUÊ>ÃÃÊ for the gift of Simone’s love and light. Simone is survived by her UÊ7`ÊUÊ-Ìi two children, Shirley Weigert Schall, Christopher P. Weigert, and Èxä{n{Ó{x her five grandchildren, Danielle Schall, Michael Schall, Zachary *OSH 'ILLILAND ABOARD 533 )OWA Weigert, Avery Weigert, and Quincy Weigert. Sunday, January 15, 2012, 2:00 p.m. Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefi eld Road, Palo Alto 2EFRESHMENTS s .O ADMISSION CHARGE PAID OBITUARY www.restorationstudio.com Kathleen Rae Hall Ralph Warren Whitaker, Jr. Sept. 25, 1948-Jan. 3, 2012 April 23,1924 - November 15, 2011 Kathleen Rae Hall died on January 3, 2012. She was born on Ralph Warren Whitaker, Jr. passed away Obispo in 2003 to September 25, 1948 to Andrew Craig and Thelma Aileen Stevens November 15th at his home in San Luis Obispo. be closer to their and grew up in Los Altos Hills. She graduated from Gunn High He was 87. The cause was complications from daughter Nancy and School and earned her Bachelors and Teaching Credential from the University of California, Davis. dementia. granddaughters, Kathy was a dedicated teacher for 19 years (primarily in the Born in Beverly Hills, CA in April of 1924, he Lauren and Kelsey. Mountain View Whisman School District), a loving mother and was the second child of Margaret Alberta Hanna The maritime grandmother for 34 years, and a devoted spouse for 38 years. She and Ralph Warren Whitaker Sr. Ralph had fond world and tall ships touched the lives of so many with love and grace. memories of growing up in San Diego, Merced, and were a life-long Kathy is cherished and survived by her husband, Rodney Wayne Pasadena. He attended Eliot Jr. High in Pasadena passion of Ralph’s. Hall; her two children, Audrey Kathleen Conway and Trevor Wayne with his cousin, Cornelia Longley (Hull), then He was thrilled by Hall, and their spouses, Everett Clark Conway and Laurie Cameron Hall; and her two grandsons, Carson Andrew Conway and Cameron Lake Forest Academy in Illinois, before entering opportunities to Andrew Hall. She was predeceased by her parents, Andrew Craig the alma mater of his father, maternal aunt, and crew several sailing ships being moved from port and Thelma Aileen Stevens, and her brother, John Craig Stevens.
paternal uncle, Stanford University, in 1942. to port on the West Coast. His docent activities PAID OBITUARY Ralph answered the call to service and left on the Star of India, the world’s oldest active Stanford to join the Navy. He earned the rank sailing ship, moored at the San Diego Maritime of Lieutenant JG and served aboard the USS Museum brought him great joy. McCaffrey 1945-6. Throughout their lives together, Ralph Returning to Stanford in 1947, Ralph met and and Meredith were committed to and active Inspirations became engaged to the woman who would change on issues of human rights, social justice, the his life, fellow student and Palo Alto native, environment, and peace. The Unitarian- a guide to the spiritual community Meredith Duncan. They married in the Stanford Universalist Fellowship, Creative Initiative Memorial Chapel July 3,1948 and established Foundation, Beyond War, and the Sierra Club their first home locally. were their partners in this work. In June 1949, Meredith and Ralph graduated Ralph is survived by daughter Janice FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC £nxÊ ÕÃÊ,>`]Ê*>ÊÌÊUÊÈxä®ÊnxÈÈÈÈÓÊUÊÜÜÜ°vVV«>°À}Ê from Stanford. Ralph’s degree in Civil Engineering Mancuso, Portland, OR, sons David Whitaker, -Õ`>ÞÊ7Àà «Ê>ÌÊ£ä\ääÊ>°°Ê>`Êx\ääÊ«°° took the couple to Sacramento were he worked San Jose, and Alan Whitaker, Mountain View, ÕÀV Ê-V Ê>ÌÊ£ä\ääÊ>°° for the State of California as a dam engineer and daughter Nancy Harper. Also son-in-law 10:00 a.m. This Sunday: on water projects. 1950 began with the birth of Dan Harper, granddaughters Lauren and Kelsey Easily Impressed, but Slow to Change daughter Janice, the first of Ralph and Meredith’s Harper of San Luis Obispo. And Alan’s daughter, Rev. David Howell preaching four children. Preferring the written word over granddaughter Melinda Whitaker and great- Come experience our new 5:00 p.m. service! blueprints, Ralph joined the staff of Western grandson Tristan Ralston of Houston, TX and Vibrant, Engaging and Arts-Based Construction Magazine in San Francisco, and the cousin, Mrs. Cornelia Hull of Seattle, WA. family returned to the peninsula in 1952. He is preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Ralph combined his love of language with his Meredith who passed away February 2011 and engineering background and pursued a career his elder sister Amy MacMullan of Reno, NV, in industrial writing and editorial work. He July 2011. affiliated with some of the pioneering businesses A celebration of Ralph’s life will be held at the in the area including recording revolutionary Greenmeadow Community Center in Palo Alto, Ampex, Silicon Valley computer tape maker April 14, 2012. Memorex, and transistor innovator Shockley The family would like to thank the Unitarian- Semiconductor. He retired in 1990 from EPRI, the Universalist Fellowship of San Luis Obispo, Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto. Hospice Partners of the Central Coast, and His happiest years were spent in Palo Alto professional caregiver Samantha Klein for their raising his children and as an active member of care and support. the Greenmeadow neighborhood association. Memorial suggestions; The San Diego Maritime For many years he edited the groups’ newsletter, Museum’s Star Of India and The Sierra Club. The Meadowlark, served on the board and as A favorite quote of Ralph’s; Inspirations is a resource for ongoing religious services president of the association, acted as head timer “We are tied to the ocean. for the neighborhood swim team, and was an And when we go back to the sea, whether it is and special events. To inquire about or to reserve space in organizer of the annual 4th of July celebration. to sail or to watch - Inspirations, please contact Blanca Yoc The Whitakers lived in Palo Alto for over 40 we are going back from whence we came.” at 223-6596 or email [email protected] years, retiring first to San Diego, then San Luis John F. Kennedy PAID OBITUARY
Page 12ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Myrna Robinson November 20, 1947-December 21, 2011 When Myrna Klee Robinson passed from our lives, Suspicious vehicle ...... 2 Pulse Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 1 she left behind a devoted son, and an entire community A weekly compendium of vital statistics Vehicle accident/property damage.....4 of bereaved friends. A long time resident of Menlo Vehicle code violation...... 5 Alcohol or drug related Park, she died at the age of 64 in her home, with her POLICE CALLS Menlo Park Drunken driving...... 1 Jan. 4-10 Minor in possession of alcohol...... 1 family, friends and hospice surrounding her. Shortly Palo Alto Violence related Possession of drugs...... 1 before her death from advanced melanoma, Myrna Jan. 4-10 Battery ...... 3 Possession of paraphernalia...... 1 Violence related Robbery ...... 1 Miscellaneous commented in a startled voice, “I never knew I was so Arson ...... 1 Theft related Animal call...... 3 beloved.” And so she was. We all are blessed to have Battery ...... 1 Forgery...... 1 Citizen assist...... 2 Domestic violence ...... 2 Fraud ...... 1 Construction complaint ...... 1 known her, and it was a comfort and a privilege to have Suicide ...... 1 Petty theft...... 6 Coroner case ...... 2 Sex crime/misc...... 1 Residential burglaries...... 2 Disturbance ...... 1 been with her to the very end. Theft related Vehicle related Found property...... 1 Born November 20, 1947 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Grand theft...... 2 Auto theft ...... 2 Information case...... 1 Identity theft ...... 2 Driving w/suspended license ...... 7 Meet citizen ...... 1 only child of Edward and Sylvia Klee, Myrna lived in Petty theft...... 7 Hit and run ...... 2 Pedestrian check ...... 1 that area for her childhood and adolescence, and then Residential burglaries...... 3 Misc. traffic...... 1 Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 Shoplifting...... 1 Parking/driving violation ...... 1 Suspicious person ...... 3 went on to graduate from Vassar College in 1969. At Vehicle related Theft from auto...... 1 Town ordinance violation ...... 2 Abandoned bicycle...... 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 2 Tree down...... 1 that time, she took the courageous leap forward to Auto theft ...... 1 Alcohol or drug related Trespassing ...... 1 relocate to the Bay Area, where she knew not a single Driving w/suspended license ...... 6 Drug activity ...... 11 Watermain break...... 1 Hit and run ...... 1 Drunk in public ...... 3 Welfare check...... 1 person, as a way of changing her life. Once working in Misc. traffic...... 5 Drunken driving...... 1 San Francisco, she went on to U. C. Berkeley to receive Theft from auto...... 4 Possession of drugs...... 1 VIOLENT CRIMES Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 10 Under influence of drugs ...... 1 Palo Alto her Masters in Social Work in 1974. She married in Vehicle accident/property damage.....5 Miscellaneous Unlisted block El Camino Real, 1/4, 10:48 1981 and divorced in 1989. Vehicle tow ...... 1 Disturbance ...... 2 p.m.; suicide adult/misc. Alcohol or drug related Display of imitation firearm ...... 1 Unlisted block Middlefield Road, 1/4, She became a skilled and highly compassionate Drunk in public ...... 5 Domestic disturbance...... 1 12:27 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Drunken driving...... 3 Information case...... 9 Unlisted block Stockton Place, 1/5, 5:15 psychotherapist, with a thriving private practice Open alcohol container in public ...... 1 Missing person...... 3 p.m.; family violence/battery. in Palo Alto for forty-one years. During that time, Possession of drugs...... 3 Outside assistance...... 3 Unlisted block Churchill Avenue, 1/6, 1:31 Possession of paraphernalia...... 1 Property for destruction ...... 1 p.m.; sex crime/misc. Myrna pursued many professional interests, especially Miscellaneous Psychiatric hold ...... 1 Unlisted block Clark Way, 1/6, 9:18 p.m.; collaborative divorce counseling. She received an Casualty/fall ...... 1 Vandalism...... 6 battery/simple. Disturbing the peace...... 1 Violation of court order...... 1 1000 block Amarillo Avenue, 1/9, 12:04 honorary Ph.D. from the esteemed Sanville Institute Found property...... 2 Warrant arrest...... 3 a.m.; arson/trash can fire. in the spring of 2011. Known for her extremely Lost property ...... 2 Atherton Menlo Park Misc. penal code violation ...... 8 Jan. 4-10 Unlisted block Greenwood Place, 1/4, generous nature, she had many unusually long and Other/misc...... 2 Theft related 8:45 p.m.; battery. Outside assistance...... 1 Grand theft...... 3 Unlisted block Henderson Place, 1/9, deep friendships with numerous people from all sorts Psychiatric hold ...... 8 Petty theft...... 1 10:11 a.m.; robbery. of backgrounds. To be friends with Myrna was to be Resisting arrest...... 1 Prowler...... 1 1400 block Willow Road, 1/10, 12:04 p.m.; Suspicious circumstances ...... 2 Vehicle related battery. treasured. Trespassing ...... 1 Hit and run ...... 2 1200 block Willow Road, 1/10, 9:56 p.m.; She was a tireless and passionate campaigner for Warrant/other agency...... 6 Misc. traffic...... 2 battery. the Cleo Eulau Center, an organization that she had helped to create in honor of her mentor. The center both supports educators in their daily work with the Phyllis Harriet Michel social and emotional lives of their students, as well as Resident of Mountin View, California providing direct counseling to youth on probation, March 2, 1949-November 23, 2011 and those at risk of offending. The culmination of her work with the Center was becoming Chairperson of Phyllis Harriet Michel, beloved wife of Robert with the disease in the Board and leading the agency to create a broader Michel, passed away from the effects of meta- 2008. and more expansive reach with her commitment and static breast cancer on the evening of November She is survived by vision. Under her ambassadorship, the center tripled 23rd, 2011 at El Camino Hospital. Her husband her husband, Robert, in size, reaching a state wide and national audience in and her brother, Stephen Karp, were with her in her brother Stephen, this past year. her last hours. his wife Maureen, Broadening her horizons, Myrna also developed her She was born Phyllis Harriet Karp in Stamford, their children Marissa and Jeremy, her sister-in- Connecticut in 1949. Phyllis graduated from high law and brother-in-law Janet and Richard Rien- long-time love of interior design, and spent any limited school in Stamford and attended George Wash- bolt and their children Scott and Craig. She is free time away from her other interests in the homes ington University in Washington DC for three also survived by many cousins who she main- of those who needed imaginative help in finding a new years starting in 1967. In the mid-1970s she de- tained close contact with as family was very im- face, and a new love, for their residences. cided to move to San Francisco CA, and eventu- portant to her. Far more important than any of this, was her ally earned a degree in Urban Planning from San A memorial service will be held for Phyllis at deep and exceptional relationship with her son, Eric Francisco State University. During this time she the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto at Robinson, who survives her. She was an extraordinary became very active in the science fiction commu- 605 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto, at 3PM on mother. When Eric showed an early childhood interest nity of the Bay Area, a genre she loved throughout January 15, 2012. In lieu of flowers we ask that in music, Myrna went to unusual lengths to foster his her life. donations be sent in Phyllis’s name to Breast Can- passion. He has since gone on to become a successful In 1984 she obtained a position as a contract cer Connections, 390 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, musician and record producer in Los Angeles. She specialist for the US Geological Survey and CA 94306. never failed to be exceptionally supportive, giving and worked there until her retirement in 2006. Dur- When Phyllis was first diagnosed with breast loving throughout his thirty years, helping her son ing this period she was active in the affairs of the cancer, Breast Cancer Connections offered her to grow into a remarkable young man who has been Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. She the opportunity to discuss the issues involved stalwart, and tirelessly by her side in every conceivable met her future husband in 1996 at an Earthwatch with the disease with other women in a similar way, throughout her prolonged illness. event and was a volunteer at an Earthwatch pro- situation. This group offered her both emotional A memorial service, open to the public, is to be gram in archeology in Arizona. She and her hus- and technical support at a crucial time in her life. band were married in August of 1997. After her Finally, we feel that Phyllis left us much too early held at Sharon Heights Country Club in Menlo Park, retirement, she became active in local political due to this disease. However, let us not forget on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 2:00 PM. The family and environmental issues and attended many city the value her presence did add to our lives in the requests that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be planning and Caltrain meetings. She also began time she was here. More information on her life made in Myrna’s name to the Cleo Eulau Center, 2483 working as a volunteer with the Breast Cancer is available at the web site of Spangler Mortuary Old Middlefield Way, Suite 208, Mountain View, CA Connection in Palo Alto after being diagnosed www.spanglermortuary.com. 94303. PAID OBITUARY PAID OBITUARY
*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 13 Editorial New HSR challenges Simitian urging one-year delay, other legislators push bill to halt bond sale trong criticism about the financial viability of the High-Speed Rail project is making it more likely that its funding plan Swill either be delayed or scrapped. A broadside from a Peer Editorials, letters and opinions Review Committee last week said flatly that the Legislature should Spectrum not approve the $2.7 billion the Rail Authority is seeking to start construction on the first segment, between Fresno and Bakersfield Accept antenna system in the Central Valley. Editor, And this week, state Sen. Joe Simitian began to lean more toward Palo Alto’s Architectural Review This week on Town Square the “no” side, telling the Weekly that unless something changes, he Board approved the application Town Square is an online discussion forum cannot support the bond issue this year, which the Authority says from AT&T Inc. to build a distrib- at www.PaloAltoOnline.com it needs to capture $3.5 billion in federal funds. Simitian said he is uted antenna system to improve cell I don’t like. This call often occurs not prepared to make a decision yet that would be based on two bad phone and wireless data service in Steve Levy’s Economy Palo Alto. The system needs to go Blog in cases as the recent infrastructure choices: Either accepting the Rail Authority’s plan to spend $6.2 commission report that raises the billion in the Central Valley for the first segment or putting an end ahead as approved. There are parts Posted Jan. 11 at 10:07 a.m. by of Old Palo Alto that are cell phone Stephen Levy, a resident of the Uni- possibility of asking voters to fund to the high-speed rail project if funds are not approved. new infrastructure projects. ... Instead, Simitian “Bermuda Triangles.” The cell versity South neighborhood: phone service is marginal or non- We have to prioritize said he is trying to City councils in Palo Alto and A recent Field Poll existent in places. Forget about data across the state are beginning to face Translation: Please cut programs I find exactly what the service. don’t like. ... Despite the fact that vir- state would get for yet another tough budget year with found support among The objections to the system seem revenues recovering, but slowly, and tually all posters on the infrastruc- $6.2 billion; to de- to have been the following: retirement costs increasing despite ture threads favor public safety and termine whether the voters is dwindling for 1. It’s radiation! The radio fre- recent success in Palo Alto and infrastructure as their top priorities, project meets guide- quency field is well below any elsewhere in addressing salary and not one offered to pay for their top lines contained in high-speed rail, with a recognized recommendations or benefit costs. And Palo Alto will priority. ... Proposition 1A and large majority saying standards. Also, it’s not ionizing ra- also face decisions this year on the We must live within our means whether the federal diation — the dangerous stuff. recommendations of the infrastruc- Translation: If the city needs to guidelines are flexi- they would like to vote 2. It will lower the price of my ture commission. spend more, please cut programs I ble enough to permit house! Data show zero effect on real So it could be a year of making don’t like to make money available. a delay in making a again on the project. estate prices where distributed an- tough choices, but tough choices for Living within our means makes go-ahead decision tenna systems are installed. Maybe whom? sense for individuals (most of the on the first segment. the value of my house will go up if Town Square is full of pleas for time) but for public agencies these same residents can choose to cut Rather than rush into something that he and others cannot support, we can get decent cell phone and the Palo Alto council and residents private spending to make room for Simitian said he will urge the High-Speed Rail Authority to take wireless data coverage in my neigh- to make “tough choices” but their borhood. pleas need a plain English transla- more public spending. ... another year to bring in a better proposal. In Palo Alto tough choices means We appreciate the Senator’s position, but we believe there is 3. It’s ugly! I don’t know how to tion because they don’t mean what define aesthetics, but compared “tough choices” means to me. Here that I favor paying my share of addi- plenty of information available now that adds up to overwhelming tional taxes for additional spending odds against releasing any funding. to the wires, cables, transformers, is my translation. amplifiers, cable boxes, lights, etc. that I favor. Making tough choices Other legislators are heading that direction. Republican Assem- Making tough choices on our utility poles, I think it’s not Translation: Please cut programs does not, for me, mean asking some- blywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, introduced a bill this week bad. one else to pay but not me. to stop the project, based on a critical report by the state audi- Silicon Valley and the high-tech tor as well as the Peer Review Committee’s call to stop funding. world were born in Palo Alto. YOUR TURN Many Republicans in the Legislature oppose the project and some Numerous observers — such as Democrats are joining them. Harkey also noted that a recent Field Tom Friedman in his article in the The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on Poll found support among voters is dwindling for high-speed rail, “New York Times” on Wednesday, issues of local interest. with a large majority saying they would like to vote again on the Jan. 4, 2012 — have noted that four project. things are required for a commu- What do you think? Is it time to pull the plug on high-speed rail? The City of Palo Alto is already on record as a firm opponent, nity to succeed in the 21st century: following the City Council’s call in late December for the Author- a university, an educated work force, Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. an entrepreneurial business climate Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. ity to terminate the project after a new business plan showed the We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel project’s cost had more than doubled to about $100 billion and and high-speed communications. and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be ac- would take until 2033 to complete, 13 years beyond the original Three out of four aren’t enough. It cepted. estimate. all began 100 years ago in Palo Alto. You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town Then came the highly critical Peer Review report last week that It would be sad to see it end here. Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read Joe Rolfe blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any shows how it might be possible to build a $6.2 billion, 130-mile time, day or night. rail segment in the Central Valley that has no trains, is not high- Emerson Street Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of speed and brings little, if any, efficiency to the few passengers that Palo Alto permission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Media to also publish it might use it. online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. Simitian said the first segment would use up 25 percent of all For more information contact Editor Jocelyn Dong or Online Editor Tyler Hanley state funds and 100 percent of the federal funds with no further Upset over Fiesta Bowl at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. funding identified by the Rail Authority, a point echoed by the Editor, Peer Review panel. Having a difficult time getting over the upset stomach from the Fi- “The fact that the funding plan fails to identify any long term esta Bowl. Our very successful first funding commitments is a fundamental flaw in the program. With- year coach Shaw has a cliche that he out committed funds, a project of this nature could be forced to often uses:”You have to finish.” Op- halt construction for many years before additional funding could erative word here is “finish.” — that be obtained. The benefits of any independent utility proposed by is exactly what the person calling the current business plan would be very limited versus the cost and plays at the end of the OSU game the impact on state finances.” did not do. We let almost a minute As we have said in this space before, now is simply not the time waste away with the safest offense to risk billions of dollars of state or federal money on this pie-in- in the red zone doing nothing to the-sky project. We urge Sen. Simitian to use the remaining months advance the ball, with three time- of his time in the Legislature to bring this project to a halt. We see outs in our pocket. Gain 10 more little if any hope that more funding will materialize from private yards and even Jordan’s left hooks or government sources anytime soon, if ever. would be good. Special team did We worry that if the Rail Authority receives approval to spend not finish, but foremost neither did $6.2 billion to begin the first segment in the Central Valley, there the coaches. Too bad as we had just will be tremendous pressure to keep the project going until it reach- moved so close to a No. 2 ranking. es the Caltrain corridor on its way to San Francisco. This should Aloha from the 50th state. not be allowed to happen. Sen. Simitian and other Bay Area legisla- Fred Chuckovich tors should lead the way to end this project. Mahina’ai Street Waialua, Hawaii Page 14ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our com- munity website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read the Editor’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town!
Guest Opinion Creating their own fields of dreams Despite challenges, a proud tradition is growing among Ecuadorian villagers by Joseph Schwartz gle mosquito anywhere in the vicinity! And look to them — buildings with no walls and ever seen — they were growing their own woke up with a startle and a feeling no roosters crowing at 3 a.m. Unfortunately, just skeletons of structure; trash filling the broccoli, coffee, squash, corn and tomatoes like someone was my joy was brief and after astutely look- streets and the fields where the children in neatly and adeptly irrigated small gar- I slowly driving an ing over at Jared and his chattering teeth, played. There was very little running water dens. Granted, I was slightly feverish and ice pick into my neck. I brilliantly surmised what my body had or electricity. Cows, chickens and pigs wan- possibly hallucinating, but this was a scene Very quickly I real- been feeling for the last few hours — it was dered everywhere, using the village as their straight out of the Field of Dreams or the ized that I had dozed freezing. Well, technically about 45 degrees, “restroom.” Garden of Eden. Earlier that day, I had seen off on the plane on my but far different from the sweltering heat of Of course this description could apply to a young girl with a severely infected ear way to Ecuador with my prior trips. I felt quite fortunate to be other Third World countries, but the spirit from an ear piercing gone bad — she had a son Jared. In addition wrapped in the llama-haired blanket until of the people is what again amazed me the severe wound with pus and dried blood sur- to being squeezed to- I caught a quick glimpse of myself in the most. Of the roughly 200 patients that I saw rounding the ear and was developing early gether like sardines, mirror and realized that my eyes were swol- over five days, every single one was kind, signs of a dangerous infection called masti- I had the honor of len like a raccoon and I looked like Rocky respectful and dignified. Most smiled in the tis. Yet, despite her condition, I remember sleeping in positions Balboa — it seems that llama hair and my face of whatever adversity they were fac- her bright smile and the look of pride on her that are fit for a contortionist. Sadly, I real- body have a love/hate relationship. ing and they were happy with whatever we face as she and her mother rushed to give us ized that I had already maximized my abil- We spent the next days traveling to deliver could do for them, which many times was a tomato from their amazing garden. ity to sleep on a plane and we had not even medical care by day and counting pills by very little. As we sat the last night and received the taken off yet. night; both had their own set of challenges. I There was one specific day that depicts the gracious words from some of the local offi- My thoughts quickly turned to our medi- strived to develop a Zen approach to counting true spirit of the people that I am trying to cials and our leaders thanking us and prais- cal service trip to Ecuador. It occurred to vitamins for two to three hours and I readily describe. We finished seeing patients early ing us for coming on this trip, I couldn’t me that when I made a similar trip the year admit that I failed. I have been meaning to in the afternoon in what seemed like the help feeling perplexed. The people who before, everything was different — differ- write a letter to the vitamin manufacturers most remote and poor village we had visited. deserved praise and gratitude were the ones ent country, different child companion, dif- begging them to simplify their packaging; I had developed bronchitis and laryngitis by living in these villages; they had persevered ferent group on the trip, different altitude the Notre Dame students and Jared devel- that point in the trip and was relieved to be and they were the ones who made gardens and thankfully, different insects (hopefully, oped truly brilliant techniques that might stopping for a break. As we packed up, the out of rubble. And until I can truly un- none). So, I wondered, what would this trip someday earn them a Nobel Prize, but I la- patients that we had seen insisted on tak- derstand how these people can continue to really be like — are the social and medi- bored at a pathetic pace of about 20 vitamin ing us on a tour of their village. I thought smile despite their hardship and cultivate cal issues that burden the Ecuadorian peo- removals an hour for the first night or two. to myself, what is it that they actually want beautiful farms without any real tools or ple similar to what I saw in the Dominican I was quite relieved to actually start seeing us to see? resources, I am just going to have to keep Republic? Are they hampered by similar patients so that I would no longer have to We slowly walked down the dirt path, returning on these trips. ■ prejudices and inequities or is their plight undergo this humiliation. around some of the biggest pigs I had ever Joseph Schwartz is a family medicine controlled by different factors? Would we Our medical teams ventured out to small seen (in fact, Jared very nearly tripped and physician at Palo Alto Medical Clinic— be able to contribute in a meaningful way villages 30-45 minutes outside of Quito to took a mud bath with one of these mam- Fremont Center, who has lived in Palo to their lives? deliver medical care. The contrast between moth animals) and it was soon obvious what Alto for 17 years and has three children. Upon waking on the first morning, I could the majestic beauty of the Andes surround- these villagers wanted us to see. Amidst In 2010 he wrote in this space about a barely restrain my exuberance — not a single ing Quito and the abject poverty within the this squalor, were some of the most beauti- similar trip to the Dominican Republic. mosquito bite to be found; in fact, not a sin- villages was stark. Most had a bombed out ful gardens and personal farms that I have Streetwise What Palo Alto issue should the City Council address this year? Asked on California Avenue, Palo Alto. Interviews and photographs by Tyler Hanley, Chris Kenrick and Eric Van Susteren.
Bob Stefanski Carol Heermance Kim Connolly Beth Stein Margie Franz Attorney/investor Retired teacher Stanford and San Francisco Giants fan Physical education teacher Retired emergency room nurse Old Palo Alto N. California Avenue, Palo Alto Ash Street, Palo Alto Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto “Athletic fields. I’d love to see more of “The anaerobic digester. I’d like to see “I would like to see better parking, “Doing green rooftops and things like “I just moved to Palo Alto and it’s a those, but I realize that around here, them look into it, make a decision, and especially on California Avenue.” that. More solar in civic areas and beautiful place. No complaints. I it’s not easy.” build it — sooner rather than later.” schools. And I’d like to see golf stay appreciate how nicely kept everything local and affordable.” is.”
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Children and adults skate around Winter lympic champion Brian Boitano has Francisco, where he resides, but Lodge’s rink during skated on ice rinks throughout the world. many of their guests still remi- public skating hours O He even skated on a glacier in 1988. But nisce about the early parties at on Dec. 29. some of his fondest memories took place at the lodge, which was then called Palo Alto’s Palo Alto’s Winter Lodge, where Boitano and The Winter Club, he said. his friends held numerous parties, he said re- “I loved being outdoors. It’s cently. a fun rink to be festive. Winter Winter Lodge Winter Lodge has been a Middlefield Road Club made you feel like wear- fixture for 55 years, and while public interest in ing a hat with a big pom-pom,” still has other social pastimes might have waned and giv- he said. en way to land-use pressures (witness the demise Jensen said the lodge’s goal of the Midpeninsula’s bowling alleys), the lodge is just that: to create a festive, power to — and skating — are thriving in Palo Alto. fun, no-pressure atmosphere The family-friendly experience that founder where people of all ages can inspire a Duncan Williams envisioned in 1956 endures. build relationships and skate. It has expanded to include elementary school Williams built the rink for physical-education classes, special-ed pro- that purpose, she said. passion grams for children with autism, ice hockey and This past holiday season, “broom ball,” and “date nights” that attract every elementary school in for skating adults. Palo Alto except Walter Hays “It has one of the largest skating schools in held a family night at the
the U.S.,” Executive Director Linda Stebbins lodge for the entire school, she Courtesy Linda Leaver in young Jensen said, noting its 1,000 students. said. Though Winter Lodge has one of the small- On a recent Friday evening, families descended and old est skating surfaces in the country and is only on the lodge, lining up for tickets to a holiday open seasonally, that hasn’t detracted from its party held by Mariano Castro Elementary School charisma. in Mountain View. The party at Winter Lodge “I really miss it. I’d like to have it in my is in its third year, said Sandy Lubkin, an event story by backyard,” Boitano, who grew up in Sunny- organizer. The lodge provides an environment Sue Dremann vale, said. where the kids can just be kids, she said. photos He and training partner Yvonne Gomez now Unlike other rinks, there is no competitive- Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano frequented by Veronica Weber hold skating parties around Christmas in San skating program at Winter Lodge. Jensen said The Winter Club while growing up in Sunnyvale.
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A history of Winter Lodge
1954: Duncan Williams, a Wisconsin civil engineer, conceives of the idea of an outdoor rink in California at a New Year’s Eve party in Madison, Wis. 1955: Williams moves to California and leases land in Palo Alto. He builds The Winter Club. He utilized his engineering background to develop a system of refrigeration and brine to maintain an outdoor ice rink in Palo Alto’s mild weather, making the rink the first of its kind west of the Sierras. 1956: Feb. 15, The Winter Club opens as a seasonal membership club. Phil Mitchell (current hockey coach) starts skating at The Winter Club. 1956: In February almost all of the ice is lost in a huge storm. 1957: The first skating show is held. 1965: The first “little rink,” a teaching rink, is built. It has no roof or walls. It later became the indoor rink. 1981: The Icettes are formed and shows resume after being on hold for many years. 1983: Williams decides to close the rink and retire due to expiration of the lease with no option to renew. Vicki Arinaga and boyfriend Cole Souza skate together during a recent Wednesday adult-skating session at Winter Lodge. 1983: A group forms in an attempt to save The Winter Club. the lessons allow kids to progress in their own way 1984: The Trust for Community Skating is formed and and at their own speed. Skaters come from as far Community Skating, Inc. (CSI) becomes the management away as San Francisco, San Jose, Monterey and for the new nonprofit Winter Lodge (with Merre Jayne Sacramento to get that “real feeling of skating out- McFate as director) and puts Measures A and B on the doors,” Jensen said. ballot to save Winter Lodge. Jensen thinks the outdoor ambiance and no- 1985: Measures A and B pass with 70 percent voter pressure atmosphere are part of the draw. approval, resulting in a land swap, allowing the rink to “It’s the only completely recreational rink that remain in place. Land at the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course we know of in the country,” she said. is exchanged for the Winter Lodge site. Winter Lodge would continue to be used for ice skating as long as no city s daylight dimmed, the silvery leaves of eu- subsidy was required for its continuance other than the use calyptus trees surrounding the rink shone of the Middlefield Road site or appropriate assistance in A with a frost-like patina. A flame flickered securing and making available an alternate site and facility. in the outdoor brick fireplace, which was built 1986: McFate retires. Linda Stebbins Jensen, a Palo Altan with donations to commemorate the lodge’s 50th anniversary in 2006. Donors bought bricks, on and former Ice Capades skater, is hired as executive director. which they wrote remembrances of happy times 1986: The property is re-zoned to Public Facility. This is spent on the ice. the final city hurdle to clear the future for outdoor ice skating Dozens of late-afternoon skaters of all ages in Palo Alto. wobbled and glided around the rink in circles to 1987: Winter Lodge wins the Tall Tree Award for the strains of “Frosty the Snowman.” Little kids Outstanding Organization. wore crash helmets; older kids sported knit caps. A few donned Santa hats. A clutch of “tween” girls 1991: The indoor, side rink is expanded to three times its giggled excitedly, holding on to each other for sup- original size. port. 1996: The Winter Lodge year-end show tops 200 skaters At the opening notes of “Let it Snow,” the crowd in its cast. suddenly surged to a spot where an overhead snow machine spouted snowflakes from painted, cutout 2001: Community Skating, Inc., acquires the lease for the clouds. Heads pointed skyward with tongues and tennis courts and surrounding property, with upgrades to be arms outstretched, trying to catch the flakes of made to the courts. The tennis program is started. “snow” — specialized nontoxic foam that Disney- 2005: The outdoor fireplace is built in preparation for land uses for its winter show, Jensen said. the Lodge’s golden anniversary. Skaters are given the The flurries stuck to heads and jackets. On opportunity to buy an engraved brick and leave their warm days, they stick to T-shirts. That incongru- personal mark on Winter Lodge history. ity — eucalyptus trees, a Mediterranean climate and sleeveless skating — is also part of the draw. 2006: Outside Magazine names Winter Lodge as one of Winter Lodge is the only permanent outdoor rink the top 10 outdoor ice skating experiences in the U.S. in the flatlands at sea level. Most are located in 2006: Winter Lodge is ranked by the Ice Skating Institute higher, colder elevations, Jensen said. as the No. 1 largest skating school in the U.S. As more people from northern states and colder climates have migrated to the Bay Area, they have 2006: The Winter Club/Winter Lodge celebrates its 50th brought their love of skating, said Marvin Lee, 86, anniversary. the oldest of three generations of Winter Lodge 2009: Winter Lodge expands its “club house” to skaters and a longtime ice-skating and ice-hockey accommodate growing numbers of skaters. advocate. 2011: Founder Duncan Williams dies on April 11 at age 90. “When we came here, we found ice skating the perfect family sport,” said Lee, whose father-in- Sources: Timeline courtesy of Winter Lodge, with additions from Palo Alto Online’s Lasting Memories obituary website Three-year-old Alisa Shiu skates with the help of her mom, Vanessa, and Palo Alto Weekly archives. during a public skate session at Winter Lodge in late December. 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Figure skaters take a moment to lace up their skates for a freestyle class at Winter Lodge on Dec. 15.
(continued from previous page) “There were rinks from Santa Rosa to San Jose,” he recalled. law, Howard Preble, was a hockey Many were comparable to Winter coach in New England. Lodge — odd shaped, small rinks Lee and his wife, Alison, began where a number of the most success- skating at the lodge in 1963, when ful figure skaters first blossomed: it was still called The Winter Club Peggy Fleming, Debbie Thomas, (see side bar on page 17). A retired Brian Boitano, Rudy Galindo and San Jose State University economics Kristi Yamaguchi, he said. professor, Lee said he would skate But most such rinks have faded twice a week. away. Successful regional shopping “I used it to shake off the cobwebs centers began closing the ice rinks from the day,” he recalled. to make way for more lucrative re- He stopped skating two years ago tail, Lee said. after falling a couple of times, but “In many cases they were able to his sons and grandchildren have all do so because they were located in skated at Winter Lodge and continue new communities with community to skate wherever they live, he said. governments that didn’t wish to in- One son still plays hockey twice terfere with their business operation, a week, and two granddaughters, in spite of the fact that they would who live in Mountain View, skate be losing a variety of essential com- competitively at San Jose’s full-size munity recreational benefits,” Lee rink. But they still come to Winter said. From left, Nick Colonnese, Tom Wedlick, Ann Majewicz, Troy Adebar and Reiko Hoyano play during an adult Lodge for the sheer joy of skating, Older communities organized to skating session at Winter Lodge on Dec. 14. he said. keep their community recreational rinks, however. ment proposals,” he said. show pictures of hockey teams, not “Joining and maintaining mem- hile other venues have “Two efforts, one in Cupertino Boitano said he has seen the freestyle or figure skaters, although bership in the U.S. Hockey League faded away, Winter Lodge led by attorney Patrick R. McMa- number of figure skaters on the ice those classes are offered at all of the will be one of the strategies that we W is a metamorphosing com- hon, who had two teenage children steadily go down over the years. rinks. will pursue,” management noted. munity asset that has withstood the pair skating, and the other in San Some Bay Area rinks, such as the At Redwood City’s Nazareth Ice Rink manager Hanna Hanhan said test of time due to community and Mateo’s Fashion Island, were suc- Sharks Ice at San Jose and Sharks Oasis, which has been around since he has seen a shift away from indi- city support, proponents said. cessful in requiring the shopping Ice at Fremont, are managed by the the late 1970s, a 2008 letter to mem- vidual skating toward team sports. After World War II, shopping centers to continue operating their San Jose Sharks hockey enterprise bers announced new ownership, a “There are more girls practicing centers built indoor skating rinks as rinks as promised in their original and appear more hockey focused, name change and a shift in strategy hockey and more kids in teams, such a way to attract families, Lee said. approved shopping-center develop- he said. Local ice rinks’ websites to keep the rink viable. as synchronized skating,” he said.
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Boys chase a puck during the intermediate hockey class at Winter Lodge Dec. 12. 8:15 pm X X X X ££ä Ê7°Ê Ê >Ê,i>]Ê ÕÌ>Ê6iÜÊÊUÊÊÈxä°ÈÇ°ÓÈnÊÊ The San Jose Sharks rink “has a broomball, a hockey-like sport in It’s the same as I remember it. As E: [email protected] http://www.bikramyogamountainview.com whole girls league. They didn’t have tennis shoes, using brooms, she said. a Paly teen, I went to skating par- that a few years back,” he said. And Many students continue with private ties here. In Palo Alto, you never see this season’s synchro team at Oa- lessons after school or have play winter conditions. This is the closest sis has increased from less than 10 dates at Winter Lodge. The school thing to real winter,” she said. skaters to 24, he added. has a “Family Skate Night” during Jensen said the lodge might be “Our Theater on Ice team is one of which students and parents come to- more corporately managed now, the best and won the bronze medal gether to share an evening of skating but it has stayed true to Duncan in the nationals in 2011,” he said. and show off new skills, she said. Williams’ ideal. Williams died at But Hanhan emphasized that each “The kids get exposure to an ac- age 90 on April 11, 2011. He had rink is different. In the last year Ice tivity that is both physical as well as retired from the lodge in 1983 af- Oasis has seen an increase in young- social. Most kids are used to ‘grass ter his lease expired. Jensen said er skaters, with parents bringing in or court’ sports, so when they are she would always remember him as 4- to-6-year-olds, he said. The rink “like a grandpa to me. He had a way had only figure skating through the to run the business, and everyone late 1980s but then added a glass was part of a family.” Sometimes partition and hockey. It added an he broke even; sometimes he put his adult hockey league in the early own money into the lodge to keep it THE FUTURE OF 1990s that now includes all ages open, she said. from 18 to 72, he said. From 1983 to 1985, the lodge faced One reason for the increased in- closure to make way for condomini- terest is low cost, he said. ums. Lee sought to join the interests “There used to be a perception of the Stanford Hockey Club and that skating is expensive, but that Friends of The Winter Club to re- isn’t true anymore. The cost of skat- build the rink as an outdoor facility ing hasn’t increased like in other on public land, he said. sports. It still costs about the same They formed Community Skat- as a movie ticket,” he said. ing, Inc., a nonprofit organization, Jensen agreed that cost is an in- which came to the rink’s rescue. A centive for families to take up skat- land swap was made and the lodge ing. Each year the skating school now rents its land from the City of has seen a steady upward climb in Palo Alto. Community Skating, Inc. class enrollment that has stabilized Marie Therese Chahrouri still runs the lodge, which is “com- at about 1,000 students, she said. practices spins during a Dec. 15 pletely, 100 percent operationally “It’s double what we were 10 years freestyle class at Winter Lodge. funded,” and is financially stable, ago,” she said. The facility is one of the largest Jensen said. Schools such as Keys, Castilleja skating schools in the country. But the threat of losing Palo Alto’s and International School of the Pen- winter treasure 26 years ago still insula also are instilling a love of prickles some fans, and they are Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:30 pm the sport. The schools offer skating introduced to skating, some actually wary of any inkling that it might be ~ as a component of their physical- prefer it over the traditional team ac- converted for any other purpose. Zambrano Hall, Knight Management Center education programs, Jensen said. tivities. For those who still prefer the “Don’t take this away,” a woman Shermagne Gunn, lower and mid- ‘grass or court’ sports, they are able chimed in, overhearing a discus- at Stanford University dle school physical-education instruc- to see through the eyes of the class- sion about the lodge. “We have tor at Keys School, said the entire mate who struggles with a new skill. enough condominiums. Leave this Free and open to all but tickets are required school, grades kindergarten through They see again how persistence and alone.” N 8, participates in the winter skating practice can lead to the success of Staff Writer Sue Dremann can program — 287 students. Middle individual accomplishments and be emailed at sdremann@paweek- school students skate during the how words of encouragement from ly.com. Gender.Stanford.edu/Ms at40 month of November and lower school a supportive friend can mean so grades go in January, she said. much,” she said. About the cover: “Skating is one of those sports/ac- Girls sit on a ledge during a group freestyle Don’t miss all the Winter Quarter events sponsored tivities (like skiing) that if one does ally Swank sat on a bench lesson at the Winter Lodge on Dec. 12. by over 30 departments, programs and centers not have exposure to while young alongside the outdoor rink, Photo by Veronica Weber. and still close to the ground it is of- S reminiscing about her youth ten never learned. It began as part of at Winter Lodge in the 1950s and the PE program but has evolved into ‘60s. A Palo Alto native, Swank TALK ABOUT IT a school-wide winter tradition,” she was supervising a friend’s 6-year- www.PaloAltoOnline.com Organized by American Studies, the Clayman wrote in an email. old child during the free skate on a Share your memories of the Winter Institute for Gender Research, Feminist Studies Students in lower grades take skat- recent Friday afternoon. Lodge on Town Square, the online com- munity discussion forum on Palo Alto ing lessons; older kids skate and play “Skating here as a child was great. Online.
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bout six years ago, choreog- his limited English, he said. Friends deborah’s palm rapher Jacques Heim was in the dance department urged him Asomewhere in the middle of to join them. America. The native Parisian stood “I fell in love with movement,” he with his dance company and looked said. “I thought it was a great, won- at the local performing-arts center, derful way of theater.” which was literally in a cornfield. Heim also has an interest in archi- “I said: ‘What the heck are we do- tecture, and he used structures in his ing here? Nobody is going to come,’” choreography: first tables and chairs, Heim said in an interview this week, then larger things. He thought about still marveling at the memory. how human bodies and structures But the venue had a thousand affect each other, how they become seats and was surprisingly high- part of each other, how they’re both tech. That night, Heim’s Diavolo vulnerable. After he earned a mas- Dance Theater sold out the house. ter’s degree in choreography, he “In this community they were hun- started his own dance company. gry for the arts,” Heim said. Heim wanted something differ- Diavolo, a vigorous company that ent than a traditional modern-dance blends modern dance with acrobat- group, and that’s what he built. In ics, hip-hop and giant props, often his works, his dancers interact with holds a post-show Q&A to hear often-huge props to explore such what the audience made of it all. themes as survival in the modern That night in the cornfield was one world and the absurdities of human of Heim’s career highlights. actions. Heim believes Diavolo One man stood up, a bearded dance appeals to people from all farmer in suspenders who had been walks of life because it’s so visual, dragged to the theater by his wife. and visceral. Telling the story, Heim attempts In the 1998 piece “Apex,” for ex- a small-town drawl through his ample, Diavolo dancers navigated French accent. “He said, ‘I don’t spinning ladders meant to symbolize know anything about dance, but if the bumps of human relationships. Stanford instructor and author spends her summers observing elephants that’s what dance is, then I really The 2003 work “Dreamcatcher” love it.’” was based on a Native American Left: Caitlin O’Connell photographing elephants behind the protection of concrete. Above: A baby elephant silhouetted with its elders. Heim’s voice is delighted at the legend, with dancers taking a “jour- All photos with this story are from O’Connell’s book “An Elephant’s Life: An Intimate Portrait From Africa.” memory. “What we do, it is dance, ney through faith” — and through
Susan McConnell but a different form. The regular an 18-foot spinning wheel made of by Angela Johnston At Stanford, O’Connell teaches science writing ages, rater than words,” O’Connell said. operas of all these different creatures.” people who are not intellectuals, or aluminum and steel. aitlin O’Connell spends her summers and researches different ways large mammals per- Although she has no formal photography train- O’Connell says she sees and photographs some- artists, can go see dance. At Stanford’s Memorial Auditori- sleeping under the vast open African skies, ceive sound. Before studying elephants, O’Connell ing, O’Connell has become a seasoned nature thing different, unexpected and spectacular every “I thought, ‘OK, Jacques, that’s um on Jan. 28, Diavolo will perform C hanging out with Jack Nicholson, David researched vibration communication in insects in photographer over the years spent observing and day. “I’ve had some hairy moments alone when a why you do what you do.’” pieces that Heim set to music by the Beckham and Prince Charles, and observing the Hawaiian Islands. capturing elephants on camera. She says she has long, wrinkly trunk has suddenly appeared ... on During its 13 years of touring, Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley wildlife firsthand. “An Elephant’s Life” showcases years of “When I was traveling in Africa, I noticed learned to overexpose her shots so she can capture more than one occasion, a dripping proboscis has Diavolo has often attracted audi- composer John Adams. A one-hour However, her experience is not the typical O’Connell’s observations of the magnificent crea- that elephants were behaving very similarly to the movement of the mammals at dusk. practically knocked over my tripod and assaulted ence members who are not typical family matinee will be at 3 p.m. celebrity-studded summer vacation. O’Connell tures’ lives, moment by moment, from a baby el- the insects I studied in Hawaii. One thing led to “One of the trickiest parts is not being afraid to me with heavy breathing and bad breath, like a modern-dance buffs. That may be with four shorter Adams works; a stays in a field camp inside a 30-foot-by-30-foot ephant’s first steps to the declining dominance of a another, and 10 years later I was able to show that overexpose,” O’Connell said. “It took many years giant worm. ...” she wrote. the case again on Jan. 28, when the full performance follows at 8 p.m. canvas enclosure in a national park in Namibia, male leader. The collection of photographs shot by elephants communicate in a very similar way,” of experimenting with exposure and learning on She enjoys capturing the human-like charac- company performs at Stanford Uni- The centerpiece of the evening Africa. Her gourmet meals consist of butternut O’Connell and her husband Timothy Rodwell also O’Connell said. the job.” Because elephants are such large crea- teristics of elephants, and says it shows us that versity. And Heim is not your char- event is “Fearful Symmetries,” a squash prepared in every way imaginable; show- depicts the serene beauty of Etosha National Park, Her most fundamental discovery has been tures, O’Connell says that she sometimes has to humans are not as complex as we sometimes acteristic choreographer. 2010 Heim piece set to Adams’ 1988 ers are rare; and Nicholson, Beckham and Prince where the research camp sits year-round. that elephants’ vocalizations travel through the sacrifice shutter speed for depth of field. would like to think. “My background is completely composition of the same name. It’s Charles are actually bull elephants named for “I thought in part to put this book together be- ground, and that they can detect and interpret O’Connell remembers her first years when she “When you see another social animal acting like weird. I’m sort of the black sheep of part of a trilogy that the Los Angeles their distinctive features. cause it seemed like the obvious way to show them through their feet. and her husband photographed with film. “It took your own species, it’s a reminder that there are other dance,” Heim said, laughing. “I’m Philharmonic commissioned Heim O’Connell is an instructor at the Stanford Uni- people how an elephant grows up in society and Sequences of photographs in the book capture us years to get some of the film developed when we special animals and maybe we shouldn’t be think- completely awkward. I have skinny to create. (The other two works, set versity School of Medicine’s department of head what kind of challenges they face,” O’Connell intimate greetings between elephants, and the were living in Africa,” she said. “With the advent of ing we are as special as we are,” O’Connell says. legs. I look like a little chicken run- to music by Esa-Pekka Salonen and and neck surgery. She’s also an elephant special- told the Weekly. various ways elder elephants keep their young digital photography it was just so amazing.” “Because there are other animals out there that care ning around.” Philip Glass, are not on the Stanford ist. In her newest book, “An Elephant’s Life,” she Neither O’Connell nor Rodwell were elephant in check. One of the most emotional sets of The couple currently shoot with a Nikon for each other and make sacrifices for each other Heim, 47, left Paris in 1983 to program.) illustrates through her photos the complex lives specialists when they started their research photographs shows a mother and sister elephant D700 Digital SLR with an ISO of 6400 and a just like humans. That kind of reminder I feel privi- attend Middlebury College in Adams has premiered many no- of these African animals. about 15 years ago. O’Connell says they were rescuing an elephant calf after he fell into the fast auto-focus lens. leged just to witness.” Vermont. He started in the theater table symphonic and operatic works “If you don’t mind roughing it, our field camp both dedicated field scientists who happened to watering hole. “I feel very privileged to be living right on the O’Connell says she has a few more books in the department, but had trouble being is a five-star experience,” O’Connell writes in the be in the right place at the right time when the “It was a really fulfilling experience to think dinner plate of all of these animals, including the works. She will be looking at the long-term social understood by audiences because of (continued on page 22) book, which was published last November. opportunity arose. about how you would tell the story of a life in im- lions,” O’Connell said. “You get to see the soap (continued on page 22) Page 20ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 21 Arts & Entertainment
Diavolo It’s set on a 14- (continued from page 21) foot-long rocking prop that looks like a modern in San Francisco; his work has been galleon. Dancers described as minimalist and humanist. manipulate it by He has called “Fearful Symmetries” moving back and “seriously acrobatic.” forth, swaying and Matched Heim said the piece was tough for keeping their bal- a choreographer because of its many ance, and — when CareGivers layers. Listening to it “a couple thou- they really get go- Rose Echenbaum Rose sand times” helped, as did a visit ing — flying into from Adams to the Diavolo studio the air. One of in Los Angeles. The composer sat in the themes is “the A baby elephant giving a ritual on a run-through and helped analyze ever-shifting land- trunk-to-mouth greeting. his work. scape of human The main result was a cube. Heim’s relations in modern A cube-like structure is the center of the dance work Elephants piece starts with a cube designed by society.” “Fearful Symmetries.” (continued from page 22) Adam Davis that “is the symbol of all The dancers who geometry,” he said. The dancers pull fly into the air are usually caught by He added, “At the end they stand tall interactions and dominance relation- and work at it as they move. other dancers. But as society shifts, and proud when the curtain opens for ships particularly among younger el- In a 2010 Los Angeles Times re- so does human timing. the bow.” N ephants, observing how family inter- view, Lewis Segal wrote: “This mys- “When we train dancers, they know What: The Diavolo Dance Theater gives action translates into adulthood. terious structure held all sorts of hid- that some nights if you’re in the wrong two local performances. “I’m also working on a photo book of den panels, apertures and crevices, but place, or the catchers are in the wrong the first year of an elephant’s life as well quickly opened up to evoke a whole place, you can crash,” Heim said. Where: Memorial Auditorium, Stanford as a biography of the ‘don’ elephant, a cityscape, then divided into rectangu- That’s why Diavolo dancers need to University “There’s no place sort of timeline of his rise and fall, and lar platforms that became everything be a special breed. Risk-takers. People When: A one-hour family program is set all the different social dynamics sur- from towers to surfboards.” who can lift their own body weight. like home.” for 3 p.m., with a full performance at 8 When you, or someone rounding it,” she says. While Segal wrote that he believed Preferably not afraid of heights. A p.m., on Jan. 28. A post-performance Her previous books include “The El- the dance work didn’t always “em- rock-climbing or gymnastics back- discussion with artistic director Jacques you care about, ephant’s Secret Sense: The Hidden Life body the darkness in the music,” he ground helps. Heim follows the 8 p.m. show. needs assistance... of the Wild Herds of Africa,” a more said the piece called to mind heroic “You have to be kind of a gladiator,” you can count on us Cost: For the 3 p.m. show, tickets are prose-focused book on her study of the acts, such as those that happened Heim said. to be there. elephant’s listening behavior. N during 9/11. “The best moments ... Heim says that there’s never been a $14-$34 for adults, $7-$17 for youths showed a familiar landscape sudden- serious injury at Diavolo. But broken under 18, $10 for Stanford students and We provide Peninsula Info: “An Elephant’s Life” can be ly becoming dangerous and people fingers and toes happen a lot, as well $15-$29 for other students. For the 8 p.m. families with top, found at the Stanford University book- forced by an unexpected loss of con- as stitches and knee damage. show, admission is $28-$68 general, $14- professional caregivers. store, where Caitlin O’Connell will sign trol to discover new capabilities and The risks bring rewards, Heim said. $34 for youths under 18, $10 for Stanford Call now books during parents’ weekend on relationships,” he wrote. “There’s something unspoken and students and $23-$63 for other students. (650) 839-2273 Feb. 24 and 25. For more about her The Stanford program also includes priceless about coming together on Info: Go to livelyarts.stanford.edu or work, go to utopiascientific.org. the less cerebral work “Trajectoire.” stage to do this as a team.” call 650-725-ARTS. www.matchedcaregivers.com
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in advance and $20 at the door. The next scheduled concert is a perfor- mance by Red Wine, a bluegrass band from Genoa, Italy. For full season details, go to Worth a Look rba.org or call 650- Theater 691-9982. ‘The Pitmen Painters’ Hamed Nikpay In “The Pitmen Painters,” play- wright Lee Hall turns from the Persian poetry be- young dancers of “Billy Elliot” to a comes world fusion Aria Ghavamian gang of 1930s coal miners who be- music in the hands and come unlikely artists. Set in a min- imagination of Hamed ing town in northern England, the Nikpay, songwriter, story centers on the miners who try singer and player of to better themselves with art-appre- many instruments. Hamed Nikpay performs world music fueled by ciation classes. Turns out, they ap- Nikpay grew up his background in Persian classical music. He’ll preciate art more when the canvases singing and studied be on stage at Stanford University on Jan. 27. are theirs. Persian classical mu- When the show was on Broadway, sic. Now he weaves sounds will fill the Cubberley Au- the New York Times’ Ben Brantley the words of Rumi and other poets ditorium at Stanford’s School of said in a review, “Written partly in Tracy Martin into his own blended sound, all the Education on Jan. 27, when Nikpay response to cuts in arts endowments From left, standing, are Patrick Jones, James Carpenter and Dan while playing such instruments as is scheduled to play a free concert. and education, ‘Pitmen’ belongs to Hiatt, with Paul Whitworth sitting. The actors are in TheatreWorks’ the setar, tanbour and oud, which The show is set for 8 p.m. a fine old British tradition of estab- production of “The Pitmen Painters.” are all stringed. For more information, go to con- lishment-challenging theater.” of identity” and “a rich, black heri- A veteran bluegrass band from These experimental and Eastern tinuingstudies.stanford.edu. “Pitmen” comes to the Penin- tage.” It also led to thoughts about Chicago heads west this month to sula later this month, presented by how Americans perceive and think take part in the local Redwood Blue- TheatreWorks. Directed by The- about race. And, ultimately, in 2001, grass Associates concert series. 2011 atreWorks casting director Leslie it led to Fosberg’s one-man autobio- The Special Consensus recently 2012 Martinson, the production previews graphical play, “Incognito.” marked its 35th anniversary as a at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 through Jan. 20, As part of his ongoing tour, Fos- band by releasing the album “35.” then opens at 8 p.m. Jan. 21. berg will perform the play in Palo (Clearly, from some of the freshest- Shows are at the Mountain View Alto at 8 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 14, faced photos, not all the members Center for the Performing Arts at at the Oshman Family Jewish Com- have been in the group that long.) 500 Castro St., with tickets ranging munity Center at 3921 Fabian Way. Mandolin, bass, banjo and guitar from $19 to $69. For more informa- Admission is $20 general and $15 mingle with vocals in the group’s tion, go to theatreworks.org or call for JCC members. sound. Band co-founder Greg Cahill 650-463-1960. For more information, go to is still an active member, picking up NEW paloaltojcc.org or call 650-223-8609. the banjo and singing baritone and tenor harmonies. ‘Incognito’ The Redwood series concerts are YEAR’S at the First Presbyterian Church When actor Michael Fosberg fills Music of Mountain View at 1667 Mira- out a census form asking about his The Special Consensus monte Ave. (at Cuesta Drive). The ethnicity, his response is far from Special Consensus SPECIAL straightforward. “I jokingly refer to performs Jan. 21 at myself as AAA: African-American 8 p.m., following Armenian,” he said last year on Na- a 5 p.m. jam ses- tional Public Radio’s “All Things sion and the doors Considered” program. opening at 7. The For much of his life, though, Fos- Stockton-based berg would have checked the “white” trio Snap Jackson box without hesitation. That’s before & The Knock On he learned — in his 30s — that his Wood Players will father was black. Raised by his also perform. white mother and stepfather, Fos- There’s always berg had never thought that he was plenty to eat at anything else. these shows; folks Fosberg’s discovery led to what The Chicago-based bluegrass band The Special bring pies, cookies he describes as “a new, more com- Consensus plays at the Redwood Bluegrass Associates and drinks starting fortable relationship with my sense concert series in Mountain View on Jan. 21. at 7. Tickets are $18
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TWICE OR FOUR TIMES PER N O T I C E MONTH AND SELECT THE PORTION SIZE OF THE SEAFOOD ! HALF SHARE OF FISH NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS for WINDOW REPLACEMENT WHICH COSTS A WEEK WILL COM in the common areas in one 3-story building of Sheridan FORTABLY FEED TWO PEOPLE ,ARSEN Apartments, 360 Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306. SAID 4HE FULL SHARE COSTS AND FEEDS FOUR PEOPLE PROJECT DESCRIPTION: "AY !REA RESIDENTS ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE BENEFITS OF COM The project is to provide all labor, tools, equipment and materials MUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE AND to remove and replace old windows with glass energy-efficient THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS products in the common areas of the building. THAT DELIVER LOCAL FRESH PRODUCE TO CONSUMERS #OMMUNITY SUP GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK: PORTED FISHERY PROGRAMS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE NOT AS WIDESPREAD 1. Remove 5 existing sliding windows & screens and removed 14 'OOGLE IS THE ONLY OTHER COMPANY existing fixed windows. CURRENTLY SERVING THE 3OUTH "AY AND ITS SUBSCRIBERS ARE LIMITED TO 2. Furnish and install 5 dual pane low-E glass sliding windows & 'OOGLE EMPLOYEES screens and 14 dual pane low-E fixed windows. ,ARSEN SAID THAT SHE EVENTUALLY PLANS TO PARTNER WITH 'OOGLE ONCE 3. Contractor to supply storage for all supplies and materials. THEY BRANCH OUT BEYOND THEIR EMPLOY EE CUSTOMER BASE h'OOGLE USES FISH 4. Seal and caulk installations as appropriate. ERMEN IN (ALF -OON "AY SO ) WILL 5. Furnish and install locks on all sliding windows. PROBABLY TRY TO TRANSITION MY 3OUTH "AY CUSTOMERS TO 'OOGLE WHEN BOTH 6. Remove and dispose of all old material each day. OF US CAN SUPPORT ITv /THER PLANS FOR INCLUDE EX 7. Clean glass and window frames. PANDING 3IREN3EA3!S MEMBERSHIP AND THE VARIETY OF FISH OFFERED PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL 8. All materials used must be manufactured in the USA. )N THE FUTURE ,ARSEN WANTS TO PRO CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE Bid specifications pertaining to this project are available from VIDE MORE OF A VARIETY OF SEAFOOD BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 (Friday, Jan 13, 2012) to (Friday, Jan 27, 2012). Please call to ESPECIALLY ROCKFISH AND GROUNDFISH CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 h4HERES ONLY SO MUCH $UNGENESS schedule a mandatory job walk. Bid closing date is (Wednesday, ***************************************** CRAB YOU CAN TAKE v SHE SAID Feb 15, 2012) at 5:00 PM. Bid opening at 725 Alma Street, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA ,ARSEN DESCRIBED HERSELF AS A Palo Alto, CA 94301 on (Thursday, Feb 16, 2012) at 10:00 PERFECTIONIST WHEN IT COMES TO FISH WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN AND SAID SHE WONT GIVE CUSTOMERS BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: AM. All bids must be delivered or mailed to Palo Alto Housing ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECT ! COUPLE http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp Corporation to Jim Brandenburg’s attention at: 725 Alma Street, WEEKS WERE CANCELLED BECAUSE SHE Palo Alto, CA 94301 DEEMED THE FISH NOT UP TO PAR (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING – COUNCIL h)M KIND OF A PEST v ,ARSEN JOKED CONFERENCE ROOM This project is funded by the City of Palo Alto Community h) TEST THE FISH ) MAKE SURE ) MEET JANUARY 17, 2012 - 6:00 PM Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), U. S. Department of THE FISHERMAN AND SEE THE BOAT ) PUT Housing and Urban Development. All federal regulations listed A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT AND DO A LOT OF 1. Interviews of the Architectural Review Board Applicants FRETTING BEFOREHANDv in the Bid Specifications will apply, including equal opportunity, !S A RESULT THE FISH THAT CUSTOMERS CONSENT CALENDAR COUNCIL CHAMBERS non-discrimination, and Federal Labor Standards provisions GET ON THEIR DINNER PLATES IS hFLAW 2. Appointment of 2012 Emergency Standby Council (Davis-Bacon). Reference is hereby made to bid specifications LESS v SHE SAID h4HERE MAY BE A ACTION ITEMS for further details, which specifications and this notice shall be FEW BONES IN THE FILLET AND YOU MAY 3. Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Committee Recommendation HAVE TO GUT A SQUID BUT IT WILL BE considered part of the contract. In the event of a labor dispute, when federal and state wage rates are in conflict, the higher of the DELICIOUS AND IT WILL BE SUSTAINABLE v (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING – SHE SAID N DOWNTOWN LIBRARY two will prevail. JANUARY 21, 2012 - 9:00 AM Info: For more about Siren SeaSA, For information and bid walk-through, contact Jim Brandenburg 1. Council Retreat for the Purpose of Discussing Council go to sirenseasa.com or call 707-738- Priorities for 2012 at 650-321-9709 ext. 19. 5540.
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lends poignancy to the discrepancy between her situation then and now. Newcomer Alexandra Roach exhibits the spunk and drive of the Iron Lady as a young woman. She defies male sexist attitudes, yet always prefers the company of men. Although the drama portrays a feminist struggle, Thatcher never identifies with the feminist movement. Unwavering in her philosophy, she states, “Those who can do; they just must stand up and DO.” The “doing” will divide audiences. Archival news- reel footage presents the dramatic developments of the 1980s, including widespread protests over Thatcher’s policies of financial deregulation; her disempowering the trade unions; IRA bombings; and the Falklands War. Thatcher’s opposition loudly indicates that the Iron Lady is not a leader who listens. But the movie ©2012 TCFFC hedges, making no political judgments; the big-pic- ture assessments are up to the viewer. CAMPBELL PALO ALTO SAN JOSE SAN MATEO You decide if Thatcher succeeded or failed in her %.(3% 36/(9%3' %/'.%3,<426%3+64 %.(3% +/(.%3, (/563907/507/ attempts to put the “Great” back in “Great Britain.” MORGAN HILL REDWOOD CITY SAN JOSE Politics aside, “The Iron Lady” is a must-see for +/(68!(//%/5 +/(.%3, (/5639 +/(.%3, +/:354 SANTA CLARA Streep’s great performance in a story compellingly 5%5+0/ 5%'+6. 07/507/ %/5%/% 07 (3&%'0 told. " Rated: PG-13 for brief nudity and some violent images. 1 hour. 45 minutes. A COMEDY OF NO MANNERS Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher. ® — Susan Tavernetti GOLDEN GLOBE The Iron Lady ---1/2 AWARD NOMINATIONS (Aquarius) In this film, don’t expect sharp politi- Carnage --- cal analysis of Margaret Thatcher’s 11-year reign as ( Palo Alto Square) In scotch veritas. Roman Po- BEST ACTRESS BEST ACTRESS the first and only United Kingdom female prime KATE WINSLET lanski’s play-to-film adaptation “Carnage” takes four (COMEDY) 2JODIE FOSTER (COMEDY) minister, the ultraconservative who led with an iron civilized adults, sticks them in an upscale New York will and iconic hairstyle from 1979 to 1990. Phyllida City apartment, serves a few rounds of drinks, and WINNER WINNER Lloyd, who directed Meryl Streep in “Mamma Mia!,” BEST ENSEMBLE CAST BEST ENSEMBLE CAST awaits the uncomfortable truths. THE DETROIT SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS ©HFPA offers a soft-focus look at the controversial figure — Yes, the liquor and the attendant fireworks come and Streep captures Maggie-the-PM and Maggie-the- only after a round of apple-pear cobbler, but that’s frail-elderly-woman in yet another incredible perfor- the joke of Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage”: a “WE’RE TOO mance. The two-time Oscar winner’s impeccable slow disintegration of the thin veneer of social nice- craft makes you forget that you’re watching an actor ties, revealing the human animalism underneath. play the historical head of state, instead allowing you Like Reza’s equally popular “Art,” “God of Carnage” BUSY LAUGHING! to suspend disbelief as soon as the biopic begins to isn’t as deep as it would have you believe, but both unspool. plays are catnip for actors. With their small casts and WICKEDLY FUNNY! The opening scene fittingly places an octogenar- continuous action, Reza’s plays are like exhibition ian Thatcher, the daughter of a Grantham grocer, in cage matches, and every participant comes out look- a neighborhood market, purchasing a carton of milk ing hard. A GOLD STANDARD to share with playful husband Denis (Jim Broadbent In its filmic version, “Carnage” frames its central of “Iris”) over a breakfast of hard-boiled eggs. Streep conflict with two nature-film dumbshows involving FOURSOME!” masters the physical transformation by taking slow, 11-year-olds. In a Brooklyn park, boys argue and one deliberate steps and bending in her shoulders — assaults the other, before an audience of peers. Swift- -Karen Durbin, ELLE mimicking the tentative moves of an aged woman KATE JOHN ly, we’re off to the apartment of the injured party, WINSLET C. REILLY as precisely as the make-up and hair team created where his parents (Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly) an uncanny likeness to the 21st-century leader. The host the assailant’s parents (Kate Winslet and Chris- pitch-perfect portrayal and voice introduce a sympa- toph Waltz). The four parse some legalese and having, thetic character trying to carry on with her everyday so to speak, agreed to terms, sit for that cobbler and life with dignity, while time inevitably takes more a polite conversation comprising “get to know you” from her every minute. chat and attempted commiseration on child-rearing. Revealing that Thatcher is having the first of many In short order we size up the characters. A pre- JODIE CHRISTOPH imaginary conversations with her late husband, Abi FOSTER WALTZ tentious Type A personality, Penelope Longstreet Morgan’s (“Shame”) script sensitively deals with is- (a pitch-perfect Foster) offers that she’s penning a sues of aging. We see the sense of loss, the dementia non-fiction book on Darfur, while her path-of-least- with flashes of clarity, the desire for independence resistance husband Michael (Reilly) — who’s in the and respect, and the well-intentioned acts of loved housewares-supply business — has clearly learned ones that rankle the very person they’re trying to help. that it’s easiest to smile and nod. These scenes strike emotional chords and resonate In contrast, high-powered attorney Alan Cowan on a universal level, particularly the exchanges be- (Waltz) is a take-charge type, while his wife Nancy OPENING GALA tween mother and daughter (Olivia Colman of “Hot NIGHT CENTERPIECE (Winslet), an investment broker, attempts to keep the NEW YORK AFI FILM Fuzz”). peace. Naturally, the characters resist conceding any FILM FESTIVAL CARNAGE FESTIVAL 2011 2011 Stream-of-consciousness narrative devices en- fundamental unhappiness in their lives, existential A ROMAN POLANSKI FILM hance the intimate portrait by placing the viewer into discomfort in their marriages, or immaturity surpass- BASED UPON THE PLAY “GOD OF CARNAGE” BY YASMINA REZA Thatcher’s mind. Snippets of the score from “The WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM ing that of their children, though evidence of all three King and I” set off memories of her courtship. Touch- gradually escapes in word and deed. EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT CENTURY 16 ing her beloved pearls triggers flashbacks to her twins, Apart from superficial civility, Reza’s prime tar- 1500 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View since her husband had given the necklace to her upon STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 (800) 326-3264 get is bourgeois hypocrisy, redolent in nearly every VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.CARNAGEMOVIE.COM their birth. “When did I lose track of everyone?” she gesture packed into the film’s compact 80-minute mourns at one point. Her political ambition and com- running time. Penelope is a font of pop-psychology mitment to public service came with a price. double-speak but seems to view empathy as some But Thatcher’s ability to shatter gender and class kind of trophy (like her out-of-print coffee-table Sign up today at barriers all the way to 10 Downing Street counter- points the inventive rendering of her inner life and www.PaloAltoOnline.com (continued on next page)
Page 28ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ book that, when damaged, triggers aka his “whole life” (another theat- overplaying a bit, but her cast mates GOLDEN GLOBE® a freakout). At one point, with no rical device, borrowed from David hit just the right notes of ego and NOMINEE hint of self-awareness, she yells: Mamet). cravenness to make the characters “Don’t you tell me about Africa! I Meanwhile, Michael loses his as credible as they are cretinous. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM know all about suffering in Africa!” patience with his wife’s “touchy- While human nature hasn’t It’s a cheap shot on Reza’s part, but feely” moderation. Agreeing about changed, our sense of eroding pri- ' ( good for a laugh. “this ‘caring parent’ crap,” Alan vacy has put us on alert, making Fri thru Mon 1/13 & 1/16 HHHH Tinker, Tailor, Soldier 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 As for Alan, he’ll sell out his kid begins to bond with his fellow man, “Carnage” a sort of “Who’s Afraid The Artist 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 9:50 in a New York minute (“Our son is a redrawing the conflict along lines of Virginia Woolf?” in a trendier Tues & Thurs 1/17-1/19 maniac”), while his amoral mantra of gender. shade of repression unleashed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 The Artist 2:00, 4:40, 7:25 in defending a poisonous pharma- Though the themes are obvious, Wednesday 1/18 ceutical company is “Deny, deny, Polanski keeps the pace crisp, the Rated R for language. One hour, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 deny.” Nancy resents the marital camera aggressively intimate, and 20 minutes. The Artist 2:00 third wheel that is her husband’s ag- the actors on their toes. All four nail gravatingly interruptive cell phone, their “types.” Winslet succumbs to — Peter Canavese BWQYSbaO\RAV]ebW[SaOdOWZOPZSObQW\S[O`Y Q][ MOVIE TIMES Have plans for A Dangerous Method (R) (Not Reviewed) 1:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:30 & 10:05 Guild Theatre: 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.; Fri.-Mon. also at 1:15 p.m. the weekend. p.m. Joyful Noise (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) The Adventures of Tintin (PG) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:45, 4:40, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. Century Century 16: 11 a.m.; 4:10 & 9:35 p.m.; In 3D at 1:35 & 6:50 p.m. 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. Go to Century 20: 11:20 a.m.; 4:40 & 10 p.m.; In 3D at 2 & 7:25 p.m. Midnight (1939) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Thu. at 5:45 & 9:35 p.m. www.PaloAltoOnline (Not Reviewed) Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol .com/calendar inthelandofbloodandhoney.com Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:30, 4 & 6:40 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) a.m.; 1:30, 3:55, 6:10, 8:30 & 10:45 p.m. Century 16: 11 a.m.; 2, 5, 7:30, 8:40 & 10:35 p.m. Century The Artist (PG-13) (((1/2 20: 12:45, 1:55, 4, 5, 7:15, 8:15 & 10:20 p.m. CENTURY CINEMAS 16 1500 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View (800) FANDANGO Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m. Palo The Muppets (PG) ((( Alto Square: 2, 4:40 & 7:25 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m. Beauty and the Beast (G) (Not Reviewed) New Year’s Eve (PG-13) (1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2 & 4:40 p.m.; In 3D at 11 a.m.; 1:30, Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 4:35 & 9:40 p.m. 4:10, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; In 3D at 1:35, 4:10, The Philadelphia Story (1940) 7 & 9:20 p.m.; In 3D Sat. also at 10:30 a.m. ®® Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Carnage (R) ((( GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINEE Century 16: Noon, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:40 p.m. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 12:20, 3:20, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 1:20, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN Casablanca (1942) 4:25, 7:35 & 10:35 p.m. Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 5:35 & 9:20 p.m. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) (((1/2 Contraband (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 3, 6:10 & 9:05 p.m. Palo Alto ©HFPA Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 12:30, 2:10, 3:50, 5, 7, 8, 9:50 & 10:35 Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 10:10 p.m. p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m.; 12:05, 1:55, 2:45, 4:30, 5:25, 7:10, 8:05, 9:50 & 10:45 p.m. To Be or Not to Be (1942) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m. The Descendants (R) ((1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 4, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Mon. also at 1:15 p.m. Underworld: Awakening (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 11 a.m.; 1:40, 4:20, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m. Century 16: In 3D Thu. at 12:01 a.m. A.O. Scott The Devil Inside (R) (Not Reviewed) War Horse (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 1:50, 4:30, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century Century 16: 12:10, 3:30, 7 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 20: 11:10 a.m.; 12:20, 1:25, 2:30, 3:35, 4:40, 5:45, 6:50, 7:55, a.m.; 3:20, 6:55 & 10:15 p.m. 9:10 & 10:10 p.m. We Bought a Zoo (PG) (1/2 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) (R) ((( Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 3, 6:20 & 9:25 p.m. Century 20: 11 Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 2:40, 6:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: a.m.; 1:50, 4:45, 7:40 & 10:35 p.m. Noon, 3:30, 6:55 & 10:15 p.m. Young Adult (R) ((( Hugo (PG) (((1/2 Century 16: 9:20 p.m. Century 20: 2:20 & 7:20 p.m. Century 16: 2:30 & 9:15 p.m.; In 3D at 11:30 a.m. & 6:05 p.m. ! ! WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 5:05 & 10:40 p.m.; In 3D at 2:10 & 7:55 SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE p.m. ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet ON In the Land of Blood and Honey (R) (Not Reviewed) On Century 16: Noon, 3:10, 7:10 & 10:20 p.m. Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers NOW The Iron Lady (PG-13) (((1/2 theater addresses and more information about films play- PLAYING Visit iTunes.com/SPC for a look at Aquarius Theatre: 4:30, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m.; Fri.-Mon. also at ing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies A Dangerous Method and other SPC films VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.ADANGEROUSMETHODFILM.COM
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The Artist --- DATE: Thursday, January 12, 2012 WHEN: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 (Palo Alto Square, Century 20) Any filmgoer undaunted by something different will TIME: 6:30-8:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM surely walk out of this new silent film with a grin. Though this pastiche has been crafted PLACE: Cubberley Community Center: Room H-1 PLACE: Downtown Library - Community Room by film nerds and largely for them, Michel Hazanavicius’ feature has an emotional 4000 Middlefield Road Road, Palo Alto, CA 270 Forest Avenue generosity that speaks louder than words. Opening in 1927, “The Artist” begins with a premiere of a silent film starring dashing The City of Palo Alto is currently in the process of City staff is hosting a community meeting to discuss the George Valentin (Jean Dujardin). When Valentin stumbles into a photo op with a girl updating the existing Bicycle Transportation Plan, which proposed removal of the traffic signal at the intersection named Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), the ground for a relationship is paved. Peppy will include a new Pedestrian Element. A community of Channing Avenue and Waverley Street. sees her star begins to rise in proportion th to George’s fall, precipitated by the arrival meeting will be held on Thursday, January 12 , 2012 of talkies and the market crash of 1929. at 6:30 PM at the Cubberley Community Center, Room The purpose of the meeting is to present findings of the Writer-director Hazanavicius mostly steers clear of comparisons to the era’s epics and H-1. This meeting will focus on connections between traffic study conducted for the intersection to support great screen comics, instead inhabiting the more manageable territory of melodrama. South Palo Alto to Mountain View and Los Altos. All the traffic signal removal. The City is recommending The acting is inventive, and the film joyously celebrates the movies. Rated PG-13 for a interested parties are invited to participate in this the installation of an All Way Stop control in place of disturbing image and a crude gesture. One community forum, where staff will present a summary of the traffic signal. hour, 41 minutes. — Peter Canavese (Re- viewed Dec. 2, 2011) existing and proposed network connections. Staff would The Descendants --1/2 like to receive input on the connections that are most Public input and comments are sought for this project. (Aquarius, Century 20) George Clooney important to the community for walking and biking to and For more information on this project, please contact: plays Matt King, a lawyer and hapless father troubleshooting domestic and busi- from neighboring jurisdictions. [email protected] or (650) 329-2442. ness concerns in a Hawaii he drily notes is not paradise. King’s petulance derives mostly from his wife being in a coma due to a boating accident, and his inability to do anything about it. As a father, he’s clumsy N O T I C E at best; by pampering 10-year-old Scottie NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING (Amara Miller), Matt hopes to distract her from her mother’s decline. No such trickery of the Palo Alto NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS for HVAC unit replacement in the works on delinquent 17-year-old Alexandra Planning & Transportation Commission first floor community room in one 3- story building of Sheridan (Shailene Woodley). Matt’s business issue Apartments, 360 Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306. involves his role as trustee of his family’s Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission ancestral land: 25,000 pristine acres in PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Kauai that will bring the Kings a pretty (P&TC) shall conduct a public meeting at 6:00 PM, Wednesday, penny if they can agree on a buyer. As this January 25, 2012 in the Council Chambers, Ground Floor, Civic The project is to provide all labor, tools, equipment and materials subplot lingers, Matt becomes obsessed Center, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear with a third concern: investigating a secret and be heard on these items. to remove and replace existing furnace and install HVAC unit in about his wife. It provides the excuse for community room in one 3-story building of Sheridan Apartments, the Kings to island-hop and family-bond in Staff reports for agendized items are available via the City’s main 360 Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 search of closure. Rated PG for some mild website at www.cityofpaloalto.org and also at the Planning Division rude humor. One hour, 38 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Nov. 25, 2011) Front Desk, 5th Floor, City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Friday preceding GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK: the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development 1. Remove 5 existing 100,000 btu gas-fired up-flow furnace and Hugo ---1/2 Center should City Hall be closed on the 9/80 Friday. (Century 16, Century 20) Director Martin remove from site. Scorsese’s affection for all things cinema NEW BUSINESS. has never been more evident than in the Public Hearing: 2. Furnish and install one (1) new high efficiency 100,000 btu gas- enchanting “Hugo.”Young Hugo Cabret fired up-flow furnace. (Asa Butterfield) lives alone in the hollowed 1. 355 Alma Street*: Request by Lund Smith on behalf of Lytton walls of a Paris train station, orphaned fol- Gateway LLC for Planning and Transportation Commission 3. Furnish and install new A/C equipment as need for new furnace. lowing the death of his father (Jude Law). review of a new Planned Community (PC) zone district and Hugo is desperate to finish repairing an old 4. Furnish and install cooling line-sets as needed for new system. robotic figure that he and his dad had been Comprehensive Plan land use designation amendment to allow working on, occasionally stealing parts a mixed use, five story (64-foot high) building on the 21,713 5. Furnish and install condensate lines as needed and run to floor from a toy shop. The shop’s enigmatic square foot former Shell station site zoned CD-C (P) and CD-N drain and exterior. owner (Ben Kingsley as Georges Melies) (P). Environmental Assessment: An Initial Study and Mitigated catches Hugo in the act and confiscates Negative Declaration have been prepared. 6. Furnish and install equipment pad for condensation unit. Hugo’s journal: a booklet with his father’s sketches of the automaton’s inner work- 2. North California Avenue Traffic Calming/Safe Routes to 7. Supply electrical service to new HVAC system as needed. ings. Georges’ goddaughter Isabelle (Chloe School Project: Presentation on the results of this trial traffic Grace Moretz) agrees to help Hugo get his 8. Contractor to supply storage for all supplies and materials. journal back, setting off a series of mysteri- calming project for consideration of a Recommendation to the ous events that click and whirl with the City Council for Final Approval and Project Retention. The project 9. Remove and dispose of all old material each day. rhythm of a finely tuned clock. Rated PG includes speed tables, signage and bicycle Sharrow roadway for mild thematic material, some action/ markings on North California Avenue between Middlefield and 10. All materials used must be manufactured in the USA. peril and smoking. Two hours, 6 minutes. Embarcadero. — T.H. (Reviewed Nov. 25, 2011) Bid specifications pertaining to this project are available from Other Items: War Horse ---1/2 (Friday, Jan 13, 2012) to (Friday, Jan 27, 2012). Please call to (Century 16, Century 20) The vast scope required for certain films, such as this 3. Update Regarding SB375 (Sustainable Communities Strategy) schedule a mandatory job walk. Bid closing date is (Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012) at 5:00 PM. Bid opening at 725 Alma Street, harrowing World War I epic, has never pertaining to designating Planned Development Areas (PDAs), intimidated Steven Spielberg. In fact, it analysis of Alternative Scenarios, and next steps. Palo Alto, CA 94301 on (Thursday, Feb 16, 2012) at 10:30 seems to invigorate him. Now Spielberg AM. All bids must be delivered or mailed to Palo Alto Housing works his cinematic magic again. Young * Quasi-Judicial Items subject to Council’s Disclosure Policy Albert Narracott (Jeremy Irvine) bonds with Corporation to Jim Brandenburg’s attention at :725 Alma Street, a spirited horse his father brings home to Palo Alto, CA 94301 plough the harsh land outside the family Questions. For any questions regarding the above items, please farm. Albert dubs the horse Joey and gets This project is funded by the City of Palo Alto Community to work on training the clever animal. But contact the Planning Department at (650) 329-2441. The files relating Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), U. S. Department of the farm’s financial woes force Albert’s dad to these items are available for inspection weekdays between the to sell Joey to the British Army at the onset hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This public meeting is televised live on Housing and Urban Development. All federal regulations listed of World War I, thus beginning an arduous Government Access Channel 26. in the Bid Specifications will apply, including equal opportunity, journey. His odyssey brings him in contact non-discrimination, and Federal Labor Standards provisions with a host of varied caretakers, including a ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals noble British officer (Tom Hiddleston) and a with disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, (Davis-Bacon). Reference is hereby made to bid specifications pair of German brothers (David Kross and for further details, which specifications and this notice shall be Leonhard Carow). The production values services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn here are exemplary, from the breathtak- more about the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities considered part of the contract. In the event of a labor dispute, ing cinematography by Janusz Kaminski Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at when Federal and State wage rates are in conflict, the higher of (“Minority Report,” “Saving Private Ryan”) 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected]. the two will prevail. to the stitch-perfect costume design by Joanna Johnston (“Valkyrie”). Rated PG-13 *** For information and bid walk-through, contact Jim Brandenburg at for war violence. Two hours, 26 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed Dec. 23, 2011) Curtis Williams, 650-321-9709 ext. 19. Director of Planning and Community Environment
Page 30ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Sports MEN’S BASKETBALL Shorts He’s more TOP RECRUIT . . . Stanford may have than a lost out to Oklahoma State in the Fi- esta Bowl last week, but the Cardinal football team evened the score by freshman recruiting away Oklahoma prep star Barry J. Sanders, son of NFL Hall of Stanford’s Chasson Randle Famer Barry Sanders. The younger living up to all Sanders announced his decision to attend Stanford over Oklahoma State the high expectations following the U.S. Army All-American by Rick Eymer Bowl on Saturday in San Antonio, hasson Randle arrived at Texas. Sanders’ father is an Okla- Stanford last fall with all the homa State grad and 1988 Heisman C expectations of a highly re- Trophy winner. He stood near his son garded basketball recruit. He earned and other family members when Barry a spot in the starting lineup and has J. announced his decision to go to been sharing point-guard duties Stanford on national television. The with Aaron Bright all season. 5-foot-11, 195-pound Sanders is the Until his virtuoso performance 15th-best prospect nationally, regard- in last Saturday’s 103-101 four- less of position, according to Max- overtime win over Oregon State, Preps. He rushed for 1,343 yards (9.5 though, no one knew how he would ypg) and scored 27 touchdowns this perform under pressure. Randle an- past season in leading the Heritage swered with a rather emphatic effort Hall Chargers to the Class 3A semifi- that left little doubt he will be a key nals. He was rated the No. 8 running component of the Stanford men’s back in the country, according to the basketball team. Bootleg.com. In addition to Oklahoma Through the first 16 games, Ran- State, Sanders turned down Florida dle has displayed the athleticism State and Alabama. National Signing that made him one of the nation’s Day is Feb. 1 and verbal commitments top combo guard prospects while are not binding. at Rock Island High (Ill.) and one of the most talked about Cardinal CARDINAL CORNER . . . Stanford recruits in recent years. freshman Kristina Vaculik, who is Randle adjusted to the level of play taking a year off school to train with this year while being able to lean on the Canadian Olympic women’s gym- Bright and Jarrett Mann, who also nastics team, helped Canada earn a has point-guard experience. Those spot in the 2012 London Games on two were long gone when it came Wednesday in an Olympic Qualify- to decide Saturday’s historic game ing Test Event. Canada was among in Corvallis. eight countries competing for the final There was no one else there to four team spots in the last-chance support the freshman guard after opportunity. Vaculik is one Canada’s Bright and Mann fouled out. It was top gymnasts. She won four of five suddenly his team and Stanford possible individual titles at the 2010 coach Johnny Dawkins had no other Canadian national championships choice but to rely on him. and earned her second national Bob Drebin/stanfordphoto.com “It was a good opportunity to take all-around title, as well as gold med- a step back and see what is going als on the beam, bars and vault . . . on with the players,” Dawkins said. Stanford sophomore Carly Wopat “We believe in him and he was a earned first team All-American rec- good contributor.” ognition from Volleyball Magazine, it Randle’s growth as a college bas- was announced Wednesday. Wopat, ketball player was on display against a middle blocker, finished second in the Beavers and he never hesitated. the nation, and led the Pac-12, with Dawkins has to be feeling pretty 1.63 blocks per set. She also finished good about the rest of the season third in the conference with a .383 hit- Stanford freshman point guard Chasson Randle has lived up to his high-flying expectations this season while ting percentage. An AVCA All-Pacific becoming a key member of the Cardinal’s early season basketball success. (continued on page 34) Region and an All-Pac-12 Conference pick, Wopat was second, to Rachel Williamson, with 3.16 kills and 4.08 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS points per set for the Cardinal. Wopat earned her first career honors from Volleyball Magazine. It’s double duty for Gunn ON THE AIR two-sport standout Lee Saturday She’s wrestling and playing girls’ soccer in the same season Men’s basketball: Colorado at Stan- ford, 1 p.m., Fox Sports Net; KNBR (1050 by Keith Peters AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) Being a two-sport athlete is one Women’s basketball: Stanford at Col- adence Lee has more deci- thing, but doing it in the same sea- orado, 3 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) sions to make than most high son is another. That makes Lee a Thursday C school athletes, especially rarity in the already busy life of a Women’s basketball: Washington St. when it comes to practice. Does she high school student. at Stanford, 7 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) wear the wrestling headgear today Cory Hatton of Sacred Heart Prep Men’s basketball: Stanford at Wash- or is it time for the soccer cleats. is believed to be the last local high ington St., 7 p.m., KNBR (1050 AM): Decisions. Decisions. That’s what school athlete to play two sports in KZSU (90.1 FM) happens when you play two sports the same season. He was a place- in the same season. kicker on the Gators’ football team Lee, a sophomore at Gunn High, in 2005 in addition to playing soc- READ MORE ONLINE can be found in the wrestling room cer, which in those days was played www.PASportsOnline.com one day and the soccer field the in the fall before moving to the win- For expanded daily coverage of college next. She is an outstanding grappler ter a few years later. Butch Garcia and prep sports, please see our new at 106 pounds and a solid soccer re- Gunn sophomore Cadence Lee (right) is keeping busy this winter not site at www.PASportsOnline.com serve for the Gunn girls’ team. (continued on page 34) only wrestling, but playing on the girls’ soccer team. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 31 CLICK AND GIVE Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund.
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*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 33 Sports Double duty especially in such an unusual situ- (continued from page 31) ation. “I don’t think there are that many highly skilled wrestlers that are also While soccer and football are excellent soccer players,” Cohen similar, wrestling and soccer are said. “The trade-off is that she is first not. and foremost a wrestler. We are able “It is rare, but Cadence is rare,” to have her for a couple of practices said Gunn wrestling coach Chris and a handful of games, when such Horpel. “The only other time I heard works with the wrestling schedule. of this (combination) was with Jason In other words, she is a part-time Welch, now wrestling for North- soccer player and full-time wrestler. western. He was the goalkeeper on “As a wrestler, she is scrappy. She his championship soccer team (at hustles and will give everything she Las Lomas High in Walnut Creek has. (In soccer) she has good vision, in 2008) and he also won three Cali- one-touch play, and isn’t afraid to fornia state titles (in wrestling). He, hold the ball, either.” too, was very impressive.” When Lee is playing soccer, she Welch was the nation’s top high fills in at either the midfield or for- school wrestler in 2008. Lee, of ward spots. In wrestling, she’s the course, is not in that category but team’s No. 1 entrant at 106 pounds. she can hold her own on the wres- While wrestling takes place on tling mat. Thursday (dual matches) and some At the Central Coast Saturdays (tournaments) Jane Gee Section Girls’ Wrestling and soccer is Wednesday Championships last sea- and Friday in most cases, son, Lee won four matches the two sports do overlap. by pin to win her 16-per- “She cannot compete in Head coach Dave Winn (far left) and his top-ranked Palo Alto girls’ volleyball team received the Army National son division despite being all of our matches because Guard national ranking trophy as part of the second annual MaxPreps Tour of Champions for Girls Volleyball. unseeded. She advanced she needs to meet weight to the inaugural CIF State heading into a wrestling Championships for girls meet,” Cohen said. “Thus, Paly girls’ volleyball honored once more and finished seventh. timing is a factor.” During the regular sea- Gunn hosted Palo Alto he greatest two-year period National Guard national ranking of just six high schools nationwide son, she was 5-0 in dual Cadence Lee on Wednesday night in in Palo Alto girls’ volleyball trophy as part of the second annual being honored on the second annual matches (mostly against soccer, but Lee didn’t play T history came to an official MaxPreps Tour of Champions for girls’ volleyball MaxPreps Tour of boys) while helping the Titans win because the Titans’ wrestling team end in the most appropriate way on Girls Volleyball. Champions. MaxPreps ranks more the SCVAL El Camino Division hosted Cupertino on Thursday night. Wednesday, with the Vikings re- Palo Alto was ranked No. 1 in the than 17,000 varsity high school dual-meet title. Friday is free for soccer (at Los Altos) ceiving another award. nation in the Freeman computer- girls’ volleyball teams. In a dual match against Palo Alto because there is no wrestling tourna- Palo Alto coach Dave Winn and ized rankings on MaxPreps after The Vikings went 77-4 during the last week, Lee dominated her male ment on Saturday. his players were honored between winning its second straight CIF Di- past two seasons and put the volleyball opponent and won, 16-1. On Sat- “Yes, unfortunately I will have to the Paly-Gunn basketball games vision I state championship while program on the national map with top- urday, she finished second in the miss all the soccer games that occur as the Vikings received the Army finishing 36-3. Palo Alto was one 10 national finishes each season. N 106-pound division at the Bianchini directly before a wrestling event,” Memorial Tournament in Cuperti- Lee said. “The running and con- no. On Monday, she scored a goal ditioning in a soccer game is good Randle in the Titans’ 3-1 nonleague soccer for keeping my weight down, but (continued from page 31) Pac-12 honors for Ogwumike win over Menlo School. I believe that it definitely tires out nemkadi Ogwumike scored Week nod this season. She became “The girls’ soccer team needed my leg muscles more than is pre- and beyond after watching such a more than 30 points in both the fourth player in Stanford his- a player and Cadence was game to ferred.” performance. N of Stanford’s victories last tory, eighth in Pac-12 history, to try both,” Horpel said. “Wrestling And, for anyone who has ever “When I first saw Chasson, I week. It was certainly welcomed reach the 2,000-point and 1,000- remains her priority, but she is at- wrestled, leg strength is crucial. thought he was a winner,” said in a 67-60 win over Oregon State, rebound marks while record- tempting to do both.” Aside from one sport tiring for the Dawkins, a point guard at Duke and which followed a 93-70 win over ing her fourth and fifth 30-point Lee joined the Gunn soccer team other, Lee believes the two sports in the NBA. “He comes from a win- Oregon two days previous. games. shortly before winter break (in De- are very compatible for staying in ning culture. His team was terrific, No wonder Ogwumike was It is Ogwumike’s seventh-ca- cember). shape. and he led them. named Pac-12 Women’s Basket- reer Player of the Week honor and “Coach Damian (Cohen) knew I “Soccer and wrestling are excel- “I also saw a young man who was ball Player of the Week. She av- Stanford’s 81st all-time. played soccer since I tried out last lent cross-training for each other,” very versatile in his play, whether eraged 32.5 points and 15.5 re- Ranked fourth in the nation in year,” said Lee, a former competi- she said. “Soccer requires plenty of it’s being able to knock down a shot bounds while shooting 50 percent the Associated Press poll for the tive club soccer player. “And, since running and general fitness while from outside, taking the ball to the from the field. sixth-straight week, the Cardinal the team was lacking players, he wrestling requires adequate strength basket or creating shots for himself Ogwumike also reached a pair (4-0, 13-1) visited Utah on Thurs- offered me the opportunity to par- and coordination, and I think that or his teammates,” Dawkins added. of milestones over the weekend as day and will play at Colorado on ticipate. I’m extremely glad to be each sport prepares me for the oth- “He had that innate ability to make she earned her third Player of the Saturday. N playing both sports.” er. that play.” Cadence sat down with her par- “I think it would be wonderful if Randle scored a season-high 24 teams residing at or near the top of and Knight led the Cardinal out of ents before finally deciding. I could participate in both sports in points for Stanford (3-1, 13-3 enter- the Pac-12 Conference following the shadows of one of its worst sea- “My husband and I discussed the my next couple of years, if things ing play against Utah on Thursday two weeks of play. Colorado (3-0, sons in history and into the national pros and cons with Cadence, but ul- work out,” she said. “But, it all de- night), including a layup with 37 11-4) was the lone unbeaten heading spotlight. timately let her make the decision,” pends on if I am needed on the soc- seconds left in the fourth overtime into its game at California on Thurs- Once again Stanford looks to re- said her mother, Emmie. “I don’t cer team.” that provided the winning points. day. The Buffaloes visit Stanford bound from a series of sub-par sea- think there was ever any doubt in The Gunn girls’ soccer team has “I was just trying to help my team at 1 p.m. Saturday with first place sons to rekindle its NCAA tourna- her mind, but we wanted her to be 16 players listed on the current ros- win the game,” Randle said. “Guys likely at stake. ment prospects and Randle could be aware that taking on two simultane- ter. Palo Alto and Menlo-Atherton, found me at the right spot, got me The Cardinal played Utah for the the final piece of the puzzle. ous varsity sports would not only be for example, each have 22. Even open looks and they went down.” first time in nearly 15 years Thurs- Randle led his high school team physically taxing, and carry with it Castilleja, the smallest school in Stanford, which played its lon- day night and there are some observ- to its first state title and graduated an increased risk of injury, but would the area in terms of enrollment, has gest game in program history, led ers who think Randle has the same as the school’s all-time leading scor- require her to be more efficient with 18 players. Once the Titans have 100-95 after Randle scored the first kind of mettle Brevin Knight showed er and top rebounder. her time in terms of schoolwork and enough able bodies, Lee’s two-sport five points of the fourth overtime. during his four years at Stanford. Randle also had a chance to music — she plays the oboe in the status could vanish. The Cardinal never gave up the lead Knight played his final colle- formulate a relationship with his Gunn wind ensemble.” Thus, Lee will continue to juggle again. giate game the last time Utah and teammates during a six-game trip “The greatest challenge of partici- her sports and schedules as long “He is out there looking to make Stanford met — in the Sweet 16 of to Spain in September. He led the pating in both wrestling and soccer as possible — even though friends his teammates better,” Dawkins the NCAA tournament on March Cardinal in scoring with an 11-point is making sure I am able to priori- can’t believe what she’s doing. said. “But at the same time, he has 20, 1997 at the San Jose Arena. At average. tize and juggle all my other activi- Said Lee: “Lots of people are the ability to attack and create on the time, it was the most success- “He definitely gives us depth at ties without becoming overloaded or amazed and almost everyone asks his own as well. I think he adds an- ful Stanford team since the NCAA the point-guard position,” Dawkins stressed,” said Lee. “Both my coach- ‘ How do you do it?’ But, I know other dimension to our team, and championship team of 1942. said. “He’s a young man that an- es and I have agreed that whenever that my family is proud of me we’re excited to have an opportunity Mike Montgomery, who recruited swers a few of our questions with two event conflict, wrestling will for attempting to work things out to get him going.” Knight to Stanford from New Jer- regards to how we need to compete always take the top priority.” and compete in both my favorite The Cardinal is part of a pack of sey, built his team around the guard in the Pac-12.” N Cohen said he’s fine with that, sports.” N Page 34ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Local Deals Good for Business. Good for You. Good for the Community.
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30 points and 12 rebounds. Basketball In Atherton, Menlo-Atherton con- (continued from previous page) tinued its recent strong of solid ef- forts with a 48-41 victory over Half against their rival. Moon Bay in a PAL Bay Division “I was very happy with our en- opener. The Bears (1-0, 7-8) won ergy and composure,” said Peters, their fourth straight as Tennyson who said his team played its best Jellins tallied 14 points and grabbed game of the year. 10 rebounds. Paly’s defense and the inside presence of senior Emilee Osagiede Boys’ basketball proved to be the difference. Palo Alto won its fifth straight “More importantly, she showed over Gunn by running away with a great leadership with her energy 56-38 triumph in SCVAL De Anza and effort to lead the team to vic- Division action Wednesday. Senior tory over a veteran Gunn team,” Israel Hakim led the way with 17 Peters said. points while juniors E.J. Floreal and JOIN US Osagiede scored 11 of her team’s Aubrey Dawkins combined for 22. 14 points in a decisive third quarter Palo Alto (2-1, 12-2) still trails as the Vikings grabbed a 57-34 ad- first-place Mountain View by one vantage that allowed Paly to coast to game after the Spartans routed Los WE’RE HERE the finish line and have Peters get all Gatos on Wednesday, 61-31. his players some time on the court. In West Bay Athletic League Osagiede also held Gunn scoring action Tuesday, the gap between leader Cat Perez to just seven points Sacred Heart Prep and Pinewood over three quarters, including zero teams may be closer than most peo- FOR GOOD points in the crucial third period. ple believe after the host Panthers In a West Bay Athletic League rallied to beat the Gators, 67-64, in YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY (Foothill Division) opener on Tues- a showdown that pitted defending day, Sacred Heart Prep pulled off Central Coast Section Division IV the shocker of the season by upset- and V champions. ting defending CIF State Division V Defending league champ Sacred Try the Y for free in January. champion Pinewood, 37-28. The Ga- Heart Prep (2-1, 9-3) trailed after :HµOOVXSSRUW\RXLQLPSURYLQJ\RXUKHDOWK tors (1-0, 10-4) reportedly last beat the first and second quarters, but the Panthers (0-1, 10-5) in 1997, a overcome a six-point deficit with a DQGZHOOEHLQJ&UHDWHPHDQLQJIXOFKDQJH 55-52 victory in the Central Coast 22-point third quarter to take a three- IRU\RX\RXUIDPLO\DQG\RXUFRPPXQLW\ Section Division V title game. point lead into the final period be- Helen Gannon (12 points) and fore the Panthers (2-0, 11-1) rallied to RISK-FREE MEMBERSHIP Meghan Holland (11) sparked the maintain their hold on first place. GD\PRQH\EDFNJXDUDQWHH big victory with Melissa Holland With Pinewood standout Solo- adding 10 points. Kelly Doran led mone Wolfgramm on the bench after No contracts Pinewood with 12 points while having fouled out with five minutes teammate Leeana Bade pulled down to play in the game and Pinewood 12 rebounds. down six points, the Panthers rallied In San Jose, the one-two punch behind 13 fourth-quarter points by FREE TRIAL of Drew Edelman and Lauren Lete senior Dante Fraioli, who finished proved too much for host Notre with a game-high 23 points. *HW\RXUZHHNWULDOSDVV(QWHU Dame-San Jose as Menlo School Pinewood will play for undisputed WRZLQDQ$SSOH®L3$'®DPRQWK posted a 67-60 overtime victory in possession of first place on Friday PHPEHUVKLSDQGRWKHUIXQSUL]HV the WBAL (Foothill Division) on against host Menlo School at 7:30 Tuesday. Menlo (1-0, 10-4) out- p.m. Go to Yfreepass.com played Notre Dame in overtime, The Knights (3-0, 10-3) set the outscoring the Regents by 12-5. stage for that showdown by holding The game was close the entire off visiting Eastside Prep, 41-33, on way as Notre Dame hit one three- Tuesday. Menlo fought off the Pan- )LQDQFLDODVVLVWDQFHDYDLODEOH2IIHUYDOLGRQO\IRUQRQPHPEHUVDQG¾UVWWLPHJXHVWV3KRWR,'UHTXLUHG pointer after another for a total of 14 thers’ third-quarter charge as senior treys. Lete finished with 20 points Jackson Dean ignited a late run for and six assists while Edelman had the Knights. N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 37 BETTER BANKING WITH GREAT RATES Worry-free Checking OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT WITH A NO-FEE DEBIT CARD
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Seeing a provider trained specifically in women’s cardiovascular disease makes a difference. Women’s Heart Health at Stanford is dedicated to preventing and treating heart disease while addressing the distinct concerns of women. Call 650.736.0516 to find out how we can help.
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